An older patient dying from a terminal illness reports that the last dose of pain medication provided barely reduced the level of pain. What should the nurse do to help this patient?
1. Give the patient pain medication every hour.
2. Contact the physician for an adjustment in pain medication.
3. Provide the pain medication at the next scheduled dose time.
4. Give the patient another dose of the medication even though it is before the scheduled time.
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Rationale: The nurse cannot prescribe the dose or frequency of pain medication and cannot give the patient pain medication every hour if it is not prescribed at this frequency.
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