An adult client has just received morphine sulfate for severe ...

[jon_i]

An adult client has just received morphine sulfate for severe pain. What would indicate that the pain medication was effective?
 
  a. Client lies very still in bed
  b. Reduction of the respiratory rate to 8 breaths per minute
  c. Facial grimacing and verbalization of relief of pain
  d. Lowering of tachycardia to within normal limits

Question 2

An adult client with a head injury complains of severe pain. The nurse notes that the dose of opioid is half the normal adult dose. What is the reason for this?
 
  a. Head injury patients do not experience severe pain but are disoriented.
  b. Respiratory depression can lead to cerebral hemorrhage.
  c. Opioids decrease heart rate such that the brain becomes hypoxic.
  d. Respiratory depression allows for a buildup of CO2, a vasodilator.

[Cheesycrackers]

Answer to Question 1

ANS: D
A lowering of the heart rate to within normal limits indicates relief of pain.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: D
If respiratory depression occurs, the respiratory rate may decrease, causing hypoventilation. This allows CO2 to build up, causing cerebral vasodilation and increasing intracranial pressure.

[jon_i]

Excellent

[T4T]

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