The patient is going through various diagnostic tests to determine the diagnosis

The patient is going through various diagnostic tests to determine the diagnosis. In the meantime, the patient is experiencing a lot of pain. A non-pharmacological nursing intervention would be _______. Base on the gate theory, the ________would close the patient gate so the patient’s pain would decrease. The physiological response would be a _________ and the behavior response, hopefully would be ________. The nurse should evaluate the effectiveness of the intervention by asking the patient to rate the pain on a scale of ____________