Which patient statement indicates to the nurse that more teaching is needed about multimodal pain management?
A) "This method will provide better pain control."
B) "I will need a lower dose of each drug."
C) "It reduces the need for opioid drugs."
D) "It may increase the severity of the side effects I experience."
D) "It may increase the severity of the side effects I experience."
Explanation: A) Multimodal pain management uses two or more agents with different mechanisms of action. This method of pain management reduces the use of opioids and avoids their adverse side effects. Advantages include improved analgesia due to synergistic or additive effects between the agents, reduced doses of each analgesic, and decreased incidence and severity of side effects.
B) Multimodal pain management uses two or more agents with different mechanisms of action. This method of pain management reduces the use of opioids and avoids their adverse side effects. Advantages include improved analgesia due to synergistic or additive effects between the agents, reduced doses of each analgesic, and decreased incidence and severity of side effects.
C) Multimodal pain management uses two or more agents with different mechanisms of action. This method of pain management reduces the use of opioids and avoids their adverse side effects. Advantages include improved analgesia due to synergistic or additive effects between the agents, reduced doses of each analgesic, and decreased incidence and severity of side effects.
D) Multimodal pain management uses two or more agents with different mechanisms of action. This method of pain management reduces the use of opioids and avoids their adverse side effects. Advantages include improved analgesia due to synergistic or additive effects between the agents, reduced doses of each analgesic, and decreased incidence and severity of side effects.
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