Nurses can use a preventive approach to pain management. Nursing actions could include: Standard Text: Select all that apply
1. Administering analgesics before an invasive procedure.
2. Having clients ask for medication.
3. Providing analgesics around the clock.
4. Administering pain medication at scheduled intervals.
5. Maintaining the client's PCA pump.
1,3,4,5
Rationale: Pre-emptive analgesia is the administration of analgesics before an invasive or operative procedure, such as a complicated dressing change.
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