Oxycodone Is Ordered Every 4 to 6 Hours PRN for a Patient

question 12

Multiple Choice

Oxycodone is ordered every 4 to 6 hours PRN for a patient newly diagnosed with cancer who is admitted to the hospital. The patient requests pain medication whenever reporting pain as a 7 or 8 on a scale of 1 to 10 (10 being the worst pain) , but then tells the nurse the medication is not working well. What action will the provider take when learning of this situation?

• A) Prescribe a fixed dosing schedule for the oxycodone.
• B) Order intramuscular meperidine.
• C) Order intravenous morphine sulfate.
• D) Prescribe a transdermal fentanyl patch.

Understand why a fixed-growth-rate monetary policy is not widely embraced.

Explain the relationship between inflationary expectations and the position or movement of the Phillips curve.

Identify the conditions under which the economy moves along or shifts the short-run Phillips curve.

Understand the natural rate of unemployment and its significance.

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