A 10-year-old has been receiving morphine every two hours for postoperative pain as ordered. The medication relieves the pain for approximately 90 minutes,and then the pain returns. The nurse should
1. tell the child that pain medicationcannot be administered more frequently than every two hours.
2. reposition the child and quietly leavethe room.
3. inform the parents that the child isdependent on the medication.
4. call the physician to see if the child'sorders for pain medication can be changed.
Answer:4
Rationale: The nurse has the responsibility of relieving the child's pain. The child has been receiving the prescribed medication on a regular basis. The physician should be called to see if the child's orders can be changed. This child might do well with patient-controlled analgesia (PCA).Oral medications such as acetaminophen and NSAIDs can be given with morphine to provide optimum pain relief.
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