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CCRN Critical Care Nursing

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You are teaching a continuing education class to the staff regarding the different types of pain. What is the best way to define the sources of somatic pain?

Inicisional pain, pain at the sites of tubes and drains, wound complications
Chest tubes, abdominal tubes or bladder distention
Phantom limb pain, post mastectomy pain or pain from nerve compression
Chronic back pain, arthritic or muscle pain

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Answer: A - The best way to define sources of somatic pain would be to use examples such as incisional pain, pain at the sites of drains and tubes and wound complications. Somatic structures are the first source of pain and affect the most superficial parts of the body.

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