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In addition to changing dressings, nursing interventions in wound management include all of the following except
 
  1. Cleaning and debridement.
  2. Ensuring that the living environment is clean and supportive of the client's caregivers.
  3. Evaluation of efficacy of treatment.
  4. Obtaining cultures when indicated.
  5. Teaching the client and/or caregiver how to change the dressing using sterile technique.

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One of the primary goals in hospice care is pain control. In hospice nursing, pain is managed by
 
  1. Encouraging the client to wait as long as possible between doses to allow more thorough action of the medication.
  2. Encouraging regular doses of combinations of opioid, nonopioid, and adjuvant pain medication to build a wall against pain and prevent it from recurring before the next dose is given.
  3. Permitting the client and the caregiver to give as much medication as desired, whenever needed.
  4. Providing the smallest dose possible to avoid the possibly of creating an addiction.



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