Which domain appears under Maria Sanchez's Client Concerns as Physiological?

• A. Physiological: Pain
• B. Physiological: Gas exchange
• C. Health Promotion: Client Education
• D. Safety: Injury Prevention

Answer: (A)

Physiological concerns focus on the body’s physical processes and symptoms that require assessment and intervention. For a maternity case like Maria Sanchez, pain is a physical sensation that directly affects physiological status and needs ongoing evaluation and management. Recognizing pain as the physiological domain guides you to plan interventions such as pain scoring, comfort measures, analgesia as appropriate, and careful monitoring of how the pain response changes with treatment. Gas exchange is also a physiological process, but in this particular scenario it isn’t the concern listed under Maria’s Physiological domain. The other options reflect different domains—Health Promotion centers on education and preventive care, while Safety covers injury prevention. So pain best fits the Physiological domain for Maria’s client concerns.