A Patient Was Admitted to the Critical Care Unit Several

question 7

Multiple Choice

A patient was admitted to the critical care unit several weeks ago with an acute myocardial infarction and subsequently underwent coronary artery bypass grafting surgery.Since a cardiac arrest 5 days ago, the patient has been unresponsive.An electroencephalogram shows no meaningful brain activity.The patient is placed on a morphine drip to alleviate suspected operative pain and assist in sedation.The patient continues to grimace and fight the ventilator.What nursing intervention would be appropriate?

• A) Increase the morphine dosage until no signs of pain or discomfort are present.
• B) Increase the morphine drip, but if the patient's respiratory rate drops below 10 breaths/min, return to the original dosage.
• C) Gradually decrease the morphine and switch to Versed to avoid respiratory depression.
• D) Ask the family to leave the room because their presence is causing undue stress to the patient.

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