A 10-year-old has been receiving morphine every 2 hours for postoperative pain as ordered. The medication relieves the pain for approximately 90 minutes and then the pain returns. The nurse should:
1. Tell the child that pain medication cannot be administered more frequently than every 2 hours.
2. Reposition the child and quietly leave the room.
3. Inform the parents that the child is dependent on the medication.
4. Call the physician to see if the child's orders for pain medication can be changed.
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Rationale:
1. The nurse has the responsibility to relieve the child's pain. The physician should be called to see if the child's orders can be changed.
2. Repositioning the child is not an appropriate method to relieve pain in this case. The nurse has the responsibility to relieve the child's pain. The physician should be called to see if the child's orders can be changed.
3. The child is entitled to pain relief medication; the child is not dependent on the medication. The nurse has the responsibility to relieve the child's pain. The physician should be called to see if the child's orders can be changed.
4. The nurse has the responsibility to relieve the child's pain. The physician should be called to see if the child's orders can be changed.
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