To help with pain control, the nurse plans distraction activities for a patient to be timed to:
a. coincide with mealtimes.
b. bridge the time between administration and onset.
c. be just previous to bedtime.
d. diminish drowsiness and sleep.
B
Distraction is helpful with pain control between administration of the analgesia and its onset. Mealtimes, bedtime, and sleep should not be interrupted with distraction activities.
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