The postoperative client tells the nurse how much better he feels after receiving the pain medication, and asks how the drug works. The nurse includes which of the following in the explanation provided to the client?
1. Drugs sedate the client so that the client sleeps.
2. Narcotics reduce the brain's perception of pain.
3. Drugs dull the nerves at the site of the damage.
4. Drugs stimulate the nerve endings at the site of the damage.
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Rationale: Drugs block or decrease the pain stimuli by binding with the opioid receptor sites. As a result, the brain's perception of pain is reduced. Many of these drugs will sedate the client, but if the pain stimulus is not blocked, the client will not be able to sleep. The effects of the medications are not located at the site of injury but rather in the brain.
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