A patient who is postoperative day 1 following a discectomy has ...

[jparksx]

A patient who is postoperative day 1 following a discectomy has lit his call light and requested a dose of hydromorphone, which he receives on a p.r.n. basis for breakthrough pain.
 
  What should the nurse first do in response to the patient's request?
  A) Assess the characteristics of the patient's pain.
  B) Draw up the prescribed dose of hydromorphone.
  C) Propose the use of nonpharmacologic interventions.
  D) Discuss the use of NSAIDs as an alternative to opioids.

Question 2

Which of the following are strengths that older people have which are advantages that many younger adults do not? (Select all that apply.)
 
  A) They probably have had more experience with coping, problem solving, and managing crises because they have lived longer.
  B) Most older persons do not have concerns about what they are going to be when they grow up because they have already grown up.
  C) Most elderly people have not learned who they really are.
  D) They have faced and overcome numerous stresses.

[lauravaras]

Answer to Question 1

A

Answer to Question 2

A, B, D
Feedback:
Older people have an advantage over other age groups in that they probably have had more experience with coping, problem solving, and managing crises by virtue of the years they have lived. Most older persons have few delusions regarding what they are or what they are going to be. They know where they have been, what they have accomplished, and who they really are. Older people have faced and overcome many stresses, including immigrating to a new country, watching loved ones die from epidemics, fighting in world wars, and surviving the Great Depression.

[jparksx]

Excellent

[bigcheese9]

Great answer, keep it coming