Which response would the nurse provide when a hemiplegic patient asks, "Why can't I teel that my foot is broken? It was slammed in the car door"?
- You don't feel the pain in your foot because it is a defense mechanism in the brain.
- Your spinal cord is damaged, so the pain message cannot be sent to your brain.
- You cannot feel the pain in your foot as a result of nerve damage from the fracture.
- The foot is very swollen and compressing nerves that usually send pain messages to the brain.