The patient comes to the emergency department complaining of chest pain.What question by the nurse will encourage the patient to provide the most details about the pain?

A) "When did your chest pain begin?"
B) "On a scale of 0 to 10, what is your pain level?"
C) "Would you please tell me more about the pain you are having?"
D) "Have you taken any medication for your pain?"

The most information is gained by asking the patient to tell the nurse more about the pain.This is an open-ended question and will give the nurse more information about pain.All other questions are closed questions and will only elicit short answers specific to that question.Each question is asked in pain assessment; however,the question that will elicit the most information the one that asks the patient to tell the nurse more.