“The next time the doctor comes in, we should ask him what he meant by that.”

“I’ve felt that I don’t understand the doctor at times either.”

“That is the term used to indicate that the pain has traveled to the right lower side.”

“McBurney’s point refers to severe pain for which surgery is the only treatment.”

The client, admitted with appendicitis, overhears the physician say that the pain has reached McBurney’s point. She becomes very frightened and asks the nurse to explain what this means. Which is the best response?