The nurse is teaching a student nurse about pain assessment scales. Which statement by the student indicates correct understanding?
a. You cannot use a pain scale to compare the pain of my patient with the pain of your patient.
b. When patients say they don't need pain medication, they aren't in pain.
c. Pain assessment scales determine the quality of a patients pain.
d. A patients behavior is more reliable than the patients report of pain.
Answer: C
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