Author Question: When individualizing pain management for a client hospitalized after major surgery, the nurse will: ... (Read 78 times)

nelaaney · **on:** Jul 11, 2018

When individualizing pain management for a client hospitalized after major surgery, the nurse will: (Select all that apply.)

a. titrate the prescribed analgesic medication to provide effective pain management.
b. assess the client for cultural beliefs that affect individual expression of pain.
c. reassure the client that pain medication is available whenever he or she expresses a need for it.
d. anticipate the client's need for pain medi-cations.
e. implement nonpharmacological pain man-agement interventions whenever possible.

Question 2

When assessing an older client for indications of depression, the nurse bases the intervention on the knowledge that:

a. the older client's symptoms may be atypi-cal for the disorder.
b. depression is a common mental disorder among the older population.
c. the older client is generally willing to dis-cuss his or her mental health symptoms.
d. depression is not as commonly seen in this population as are anxiety disorders.

bubulittle310@msn.cn · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 11, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: A, B, D, E
The client will require knowledge about the frequency of the administration of the medication; if the requests are consistently made before the medication can be readministered, the treatment plan should be reevaluated and altered. The other options reflect appropriate interventions for effective pain management.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: A
Somatic complaints are often the presenting symptoms of mental health disorders, such as de-pression, making diagnosis difficult. Depression is a common disorder among this population but knowing that does not aid in identifying the clients who are depressed. The remaining options are not true regarding the mental disorder of depression.