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lunatika

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A patient has been treated for lung cancer for 3 years.
 
  Over the past few months, the patient has noticed that the opioid analgesic is not helping as much as it had previously and more medication is needed for the same pain relief. The nurse is aware that this patient is experiencing which of these?
  a. Opioid addiction
  b. Opioid tolerance
  c. Opioid toxicity
  d. Opioid abstinence syndrome

Question 2

A patient will be discharged with a 1-week
 
  supply of an opioid analgesic for pain management after abdominal surgery. The nurse will include which information in the teaching plan?
  a. How to prevent dehydration due to diarrhea
  b. The importance of taking the drug only when the pain becomes severe
  c. How to prevent constipation
  d. The importance of taking the drug on an empty stomach


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Mholman93

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

ANS: B

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C


lunatika

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Reply 2 on: Jul 23, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)

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:D TYSM

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