To prevent abuse of analgesics in a patient with sickle cell anemia, the nurse encourages the patient to:
A) Seek care from a variety of sources for pain relief.
B) Seek care from a single provider for pain relief.
C) Accept chronic pain being continually present as a fact of the disease.
D) Limit the reporting of emergency department visits to the primary health care provider.
Ans: B
Feedback: The patient should be encouraged to use a single primary health care provider to address health care concerns. Emergency department visits should be reported to the primary health care provider to achieve optimal management of the disease.
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