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tfester

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on: Jul 22, 2018
The nurse, caring for a client experiencing pain, would apply all of the principles of pain management, EXCEPT:
 
  a. assess the pain.
  b. treat the contributing factors.
  c. choose the least invasive route of administration.
  d. do not use combinations of analgesics.

Question 2

The nurse is planning to provide a TENS unit to help with a client's pain control. For which client would the use of a TENS be inappropriate? A client who:
 
  a. had surgery today and has incisional pain.
  b. had a leg amputation and has phantom pain.
  c. has a demand cardiac pacemaker and has chest pain.
  d. has nerve pain from herpes zoster.


djofnc

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Reply #1 on: Jul 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANS: D

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C


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