Basic Care and Comfort NCLEX PN Questions Nursing Practice Question

Pain tolerance in an elderly client with cancer should:

A. Stay the same. B. Decrease. C. Increase. D. Cancer should have no effect on pain tolerance for an elderly client. Back to Exams

Correct Answer: B

Rationale: There is potential for a lowered pain tolerance to exist with diminished adaptative capacity.

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