A patient had a bowel resection 5 days ago. Which request by the patient might alert the nurse that the patient has a history of substance abuse?
1) Oral pain medication once every 6 to 8 hours
2) Patient-controlled analgesic
3) Oral pain medications instead of the IM form
4) Only nonpharmacological pain measures
ANS: 2
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