A client recovering from surgery rates pain as an 8 on a scale from 0 to 10. The physician's order states pain medication can be provided at the nurse's discretion. Which route should the nurse use to provide the client with pain medication?
1. Sublingual
2. Oral
3. Intramuscular
4. Intravenous
Answer: 4
1. The client's pain level is high, and sublingual is not a route by which pain medications are administered.
2. Oral is an option for pain medication; however, the nurse would select this route for low-to-moderate pain.
3. The intramuscular route absorbs faster than the oral route, however, not as quickly as the intravenous route.
4. Intravenous is the fastest route to use because it is administered directly into the bloodstream and is the route of choice for severe pain.
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