When individualizing pain management for a client hospitalized after major surgery, the nurse will: Select all that apply
a. Titrate the prescribed analgesic medication to provide effective pain management
b. Assess the client for cultural beliefs that affect individual expression of pain
c. Reas-sure the client that pain medication is available whenever they express a need for it
d. Antic-ipate the client's need for pain medications
e. Im-plement non-pharmacological pain management interventions whenever possible
ANS: A, B, D, E
The client will require knowledge about the frequency of the administration of the medica-tion; if the requests are consistently made before the medication can be re-administered, the treatment plan should be re-evaluated and altered. The other options reflect appropriate in-terventions for effective pain management.
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