The nurse prepares to administer pain medication to a client. Rank the following nursing interventions in order beginning with the initial action of the nurse to administer pain medication safely
1. Compare routes on an equianalgesic chart.
2. Determine the client response to analgesia.
3. Ask the client to rate the pain on 1–10 scale.
4. Check the last analgesia administration time.
3, 4, 1, 2
3. The process begins as the nurse asks the client to quantify the pain to help assess the need for analgesia and to establish baseline data.
4. To avoid the risk of adverse effects and administering pain medication before the interval specified on the prescription, the nurse checks the MAR for the last adminis-tration time of the analgesic.
1. As clients improve and resume oral intake, the nurse helps the client progress to-ward discharge and self-care by administering pain medication by mouth instead of IV. When changing to another route, the nurse refers to the opioid equianalgesic chart for to ensure equal potency of two or more routes of the same medication. This helps to make sure that the client receives the same strength dose when the administration route changes.
2. After administering the analgesic, the nurse asks the client to quantify the pain to evaluate its effectiveness and allows a suitable time interval after administration.
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