Health Promotion and MaintenanceQuestion 780 of 2368
A postoperative client rates pain at 8 out of 10 and is due for discharge teaching. Which action should the nurse take first?
- Begin with the most important content while the client is awake
- Give the client written materials and ask to read them later
- Provide pain management before starting the teaching
- Teach the client's visitor instead of the client
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Correct answer: Provide pain management before starting the teaching
Pain makes it hard to focus and retain information, so it is addressed before teaching begins.
Source: Nursing Health Promotion (Open RN, Chippewa Valley Technical College, 2025), Teaching & Learning: Learner Assessment. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Practice the topic "Health Promotion and Maintenance"Questions last reviewed: 18 October 2026