The Client With a Somatoform Disorder
Somatoform Disorder. The client with an axis I diagnosis of Pain Disorder is angry and demanding and focus on the head pain she is experiencing. 1. At 11 am, the client demand that the nurse calls the physician for more pain medication because she is still pain after the 9 am analgesic. The best nursing action is a. call the physician as client request b. suggest the client lie down because she has to wait 4 hours for the next dose c. inform the client that the physician will be in later and to talk to her about it d. inform the client that the nurse can not give her additional medication at this time and invite the client to participate a card game. (the correct answer is d, the nurse informs the client in the matter of fact manner that the nurse cannot give her additional pain medication at this time and invites the client to participate in a card game to decrease rumination about pain by directing the client's attention to a milieu activity. B...