What nursing interventions would help minimize the risk of a headache in a patient recovering from spinal anesthesia?
A) Administer a triptan intramuscularly.
B) Administer morphine intravenously.
C) Maintain patient in recumbent position.
D) Place patient in Trendelenburg position.
C
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Patients receiving spinal anesthesia should remain in a recumbent position for as long as 12 hours. Triptan would not be effective because it is indicated for treatment of migraine headaches. Morphine would treat the headache but would not prevent it.
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