RN Exam Practice
Basic Care and ComfortQuestion 2317 of 2368

A nurse teaches a client with chronic pain to keep a pain journal. What should the client record?

  1. Activities that triggered pain, medications taken, and whether they helped
  2. Only the highest pain score reached on each day, without other details
  3. Only the clock times when the nurse gave each scheduled medication
  4. The names of staff who assessed the pain and the unit where it occurred
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Correct answer: Activities that triggered pain, medications taken, and whether they helped

The journal records activities that precipitated pain and the medications taken, plus whether they met functional goals.

Source: Nursing Fundamentals, 2nd edition (Open RN, Chippewa Valley Technical College, 2024), Comfort: Evaluation. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Practice the topic "Basic Care and Comfort"

Questions last reviewed: 18 October 2026