Question

The nurse is performing a physical assessment of a newly admitted client. during the assessment the nurse notices the client grimacing and holding the abdomen. when the nurse asks the client is there is any pain the answer is, "no." what is the best thing for the nurse to do next?

Answer 1

The nurse should ask one more time and if the answer is no then they should accept the answer because they are not able to help the problem if they don't have more information.