Question

A client who was a victim of domestic violence for years states to the nurse, "i know i should not feel this way, but every time i think of my former spouse, i get a horrible headache and have to go lie down." which nursing intervention reflects practice according to the pattern theory?

Answer 1

The nursing intervention that includes asking client how sensory stimuli produces pain reflects practice according to the Pattern Theory of pain. The Pattern theory of pain states that specific pain receptors transmit signals to a "pain center" in the brain that produces the perception of pain.