The postsurgical patient has an order for morphine 2 mg IV push every 2 hours and propoxyphene 100 (Darvon 100) every 3 hours. He received the morphine 2 hours ago, and is complaining of pain again. What will the best plan of the nurse include?
1. Plan to administer the morphine again.
2. Plan to administer the propoxyphene 100 (Darvon 100).
3. Plan to have the patient do some distraction techniques.
4. Plan to assess the patient's level of pain.
Question 2
The patient has a patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) pump following surgery. The nurse keeps naloxone (Narcan) in the patient's room as per protocol. What does the nurse recognize as the rationale for this protocol?
1. Naloxone (Narcan) enhances the effect of the opioid in the patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) pump and increases analgesia.
2. Naloxone (Narcan) is the antidote if an anaphylactic reaction to the opioid in the patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) pump occurs.
3. Naloxone (Narcan) is available to treat any systemic side effects, like constipation, of the opioid in the patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) pump.
4. Naloxone (Narcan) will reverse the effects of the narcotic in the patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) pump if an overdose occurs.
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