The nurse is caring for a male patient whose diagnosis of bone cancer is causing severe and increasing pain
Before introducing nonpharmacological pain control interventions into the patient's plan of care, the nurse should teach the patient which of the following
A) Nonpharmacological interventions must be provided by individuals other than members of the healthcare team.
B) These interventions will not directly reduce pain, but will refocus him on positive stimuli.
C) These interventions carry similar risks of adverse effects as analgesics.
D) Reducing his use of analgesics is not the purpose of these interventions.
Ans: D
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Patients who have been taking analgesic agents may mistakenly assume that clinicians suggest a nonpharmacolgical method to reduce the use or dose of analgesic agents. Nonpharmacological interventions indeed reduce pain and their use is not limited to practitioners outside the healthcare team. In general, adverse effects are minimal.
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