[Expert Solution]: Client reports pain at abdominal incision…

Client reports pain at abdominal incision site as 4 on a 0 to 10 scale. Client also reports right lower extremity pain as 5 on a 0 to 10 scale, and itching. Reports that right lower extremity pain has been intermittent for about the last 2 months. Denies current left lower extremity pain. Height 157.5 cm (62 in) Weight 90 kg (198 lb) Bilateral lower extremities warm to touch, pedal pulses 2+ bilaterally. Spider veins noted on bilateral lower extremities. A nurse on a medical-surgical unit is caring for a client who is postoperative following an emergency appendectomy. Distended veins noted on right lower extremity.