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codyclark

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Your patient asks for pain medication after abdominal surgery. How will you determine the patient's level of pain to know how much medication to administer?
 
  1. Have the patient rate the pain on a scale.
  2. Give the medication that is ordered.
  3. Start pain medication with the smallest dose possible.
  4. Reposition the patient and assess the pain.

Question 2

The patient tells the nurse that he gets a headache after taking an antihypertensive. The nurse explains that this is a(n)
 
  1. uncommon symptom.
  2. side effect.
  3. drug interaction.
  4. desired effect.


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jesse.fleming

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Reply #1 on: Jul 23, 2018
Answer to Question 1

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Pain measurement scales exist to help evaluate how much pain the patient is feeling.

Answer to Question 2

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Because a medication may influence many body systems at the same time, the effect of the me-dication is often not restricted to desired action. Side effects are usually seen as mild but annoy-ing responses to the medication.


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Reply 2 on: Jul 23, 2018
Excellent

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