A 24-year-old client is in the hospital with pneumonia. Why should the nurse encourage the client to request medication for pain?
1. Improve shallow breathing
2. Promote sleep
3. Improve appetite and strength
4. Reduce the accumulation of fluid in the lungs
Answer: 1
1. The chest pain associated with pneumonia can cause the client to breathe shallowly, which can cause lung collapse, poor oxygenation, and an inability to move the secretions up and out of the lungs.
2. Pain medication might help the client sleep, but deep breathing and coughing exercises are needed to clear the lungs.
3. Pneumonia does not usually cause pain in the GI system. Anorexia is a general complaint of overall illness. Pain medication will not change that.
4. Pain medication does not affect fluid collection in the lung.
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