The Health Care Provider Orders a Patient-Controlled Analgesia (PCA)machine to Provide

question 5

Multiple Choice

The health care provider orders a patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) machine to provide pain relief for a patient with acute surgical pain who has never received opioids in the past.Which nursing actions regarding opioid administration are appropriate at this time ?

• A) Assess for signs that the patient is becoming addicted to the opioid.
• B) Monitor for therapeutic and adverse effects of opioid administration.
• C) Emphasize that the risk of some opioid side effects increases over time.
• D) Teach the patient about how analgesics improve postoperative activity levels.
• E) Provide instructions on decreasing opioid doses by the second postoperative day.

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