Your client is receiving pain relief via a drug delivery approach that uses an external infusion pump to deliver an opioid dose on a "client demand" basis. Which type of pain management is your client receiving?
1. intraspinal analgesia
2. epidural analgesia
3. patient-controlled analgesia (PCA)
4. intrathecal analgesia
ANS: 3
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