An adult patient with a severe migraine headache self-medicates with an over-the-counter nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug. The patient does not achieve pain relief and telephones asking for a prescription for an opioid drug
Select the nurse's best action. a. Educate the patient that opioids will make the pain of migraine headache worse.
b. Arrange for the patient to see the physician so that another drug can be prescribed.
c. Inform the patient, "Opioids will interact adversely with first-line migraine drugs."
d. Inform the patient, "Migraine pain is not severe enough to warrant opioid use."
b
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90 kg = ____________________ lb
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