Author Question: A nurse is providing medication education to a patient who just started taking ibuprofen. Which ... (Read 134 times)

leilurhhh · **on:** Jul 22, 2018

A nurse is providing medication education to a patient who just started taking ibuprofen. Which information will the nurse include in the teaching session?

a. Ibuprofen helps to depress the central nervous system to decrease pain perception.
b. Ibuprofen reduces anxiety, which will help you cope with your pain.
c. Ibuprofen binds with opiate receptors to reduce your pain.
d. Ibuprofen inhibits the production of prostaglandins.

Question 2

The nurse has brought a patient the scheduled pain medication. The patient asks the nurse to wait to give pain medication until the time for the dressing change, which is 2 hours away. Which response by the nurse is most therapeutic?

a. This medication will still be providing you relief at the time of your dressing change.
b. OK, swallow this pain pill, and I will return in a minute to change your dressing.
c. Would you like medication to be given for dressing changes in addition to your regularly scheduled medication?
d. Your medication is scheduled for this time, and I can't adjust the time for you. I'm sorry, but you must take your pill right now.

cadimas · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 22, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: D
NSAIDs like ibuprofen likely work by inhibiting the synthesis of prostaglandins to inhibit cellular responses to inflammation. Ibuprofen does not depress the central nervous system, nor does it enhance coping with pain. Opioids bind with opiate receptors to modify perceptions of pain.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C
Additional doses of medication can be given to patients in certain circumstances, as with an extensive dressing change, when the health care provider is notified that more medication is needed. It is the nurse's responsibility to communicate with the provider and with the patient about a pain-control plan that works for both. By asking to hold off on the dose, the patient is indicating that the dressing changes are extremely painful. The regularly scheduled dose might not be as effective for the patient 2 hours later when the dressing change is scheduled. Oral medications take 30 to 60 minutes to take effect. If the nurse began the dressing change right then, the medication would not have been absorbed yet. The patient has the right to refuse to take a medication.