A patient with severe, deep partial-thickness burns experiences procedural, background, and breakthrough pain. What is the nurse's most important plan for controlling this patient's pain?
1. Administer pain medications prior to all procedures.
2. Maintain intravenous access for administration of pain medications.
3. Designate one pain assessment technique for use by all providers.
4. Expect that it will be necessary to exceed normally administered levels of analgesics.
Answer: 3
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