The best approach for a nurse to utilize when planning pain relief measures is to use:
a. a variety of pain relief methods.
b. only nonopioid analgesics.
c. at least three alternating methods.
d. only one method at a time.
A
A variety of methods applied simultaneously have an additive effect on pain control.
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