The nurse is administering analgesic medication to a group of patients. Which statement should guide the nurse in this work?
1. Pain should be managed to improve the patient's quality of life.
2. Opiates are not recommended for patients with addiction issues.
3. The nurse should be certain pain is present prior to administering opiates.
4. Patients with psychiatric diseases should avoid opiates for malignant pain.
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Rationale 1: The purpose of effective pain management is to relieve or reduce pain to improve quality of life.
Rationale 2: Opiates may be needed by patients with addiction issues if the pain is severe; the dosage is adjusted to include the daily intake, plus additional medicine to control pain.
Rationale 3: If the nurse follows the definition of pain as what the patient describes, then the nurse's role is to respond to the patient's report of pain.
Rationale 4: Patients with psychiatric disorders still experience pain and are entitled to pain relief equivalent to that given to patients without psychiatric disorders.
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