A client with lung cancer refuses pain medications because he or she is "afraid of addiction." What is the nurse's best response?
a. "I can ask the physician to change your medication to a drug that is less potent."
b. "I can use other measures such as music therapy to distract you."
c. "It is unlikely you will become addicted from taking medicine for pain."
d. "I can just give you aspirin or acetamino-phen (Tylenol) if you like."
C
Clients should be encouraged to take their pain medications; addiction usually is not an issue with a client in pain. The nurse would not request that the pain medication be changed unless it was not effective. Other methods to decrease pain can be used, in addition to pain medications.
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