A nurse is caring for a patient who recently had spinal surgery. The nurse knows that patients usually experience acute pain following this type of surgery. The patient refuses to get up and walk and is not moving around in the bed. However, the patient is stoic and denies experiencing pain at this time. What most likely explains this patients behavior and response to surgery?
a. The surgery successfully cured the patients pain.
b. The patients culture is possibly influencing the patients experience of pain.
c. The patient is experiencing urinary retention because of manipulation of the spine during surgery; this is preventing the patient from experiencing pain.
d. The nurse is allowing personal beliefs about pain to influence pain management at this time.
Answer: B
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