Which instruction is the most accurate for the nurse to give a client who has a patient-controlled analgesia device (PCA) after abdominal surgery?
a. "Instruct your visitors to press the button for you when you are sleeping."
b. "Push the button every 15 minutes wheth-er you feel pain at that time or not."
c. "Push the button when you first feel pain instead of waiting until pain is severe."
d. "Try to go as long as you possibly can before you press the button."
C
Clients should be instructed to push the button to release medication when the pain begins rather than waiting until the pain becomes so great that the dose given by the pump cannot control the pain. No one should push the button for the client. Clients should not be instructed to bear the pain as long as possible before using PCA.
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