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NCLEX Question of the Day

June 18, 2026 Basic Care and Comfort

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Basic Care and Comfort QID 114

A patient is experiencing pain following surgery. What is a priority nursing action to address the patient's pain?

  1. Ignoring the patient’s complaints of pain.

  2. Advising the patient to sleep through the pain.

  3. Administering pain medication not prescribed to the patient.

  4. Correct answer Assessing the pain using a pain scale and administering prescribed analgesics.

Rationale

Assessing the pain and administering prescribed analgesics are the appropriate steps to manage post-operative pain.

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