Your patient asks for pain medication after abdominal surgery. How will you determine the patient's level of pain to know how much medication to administer?
1. Have the patient rate the pain on a scale.
2. Give the medication that is ordered.
3. Start pain medication with the smallest dose possible.
4. Reposition the patient and assess the pain.
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Pain measurement scales exist to help evaluate how much pain the patient is feeling.
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The nurse decides that collaboration with the healthcare provider is needed to review and possibly adjust the dose of analgesic for an 87-year-old patient. What is the rationale for this re-quest?
a. Older adults have higher risks of injury with intramuscular (IM) injections. b. Analgesics aren't necessary for older adults because of decreased pain sensa-tion. c. Impaired cognition impairs reporting of pain by older patients. d. Liver and kidney metabolism is usually slower in older adults.
The nurse will advise the parents of a child who has a hearing loss that communication can best be enhanced by doing which of the following?
a. Speak somewhat louder and much slower than you would to a hearing person. b. Get the child's attention and look into the child's face at eye level. c. Hold the child's hands while speaking to her. d. Reduce or eliminate body gestures.
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