A Patient Newly Diagnosed with Cancer Is Admitted to the Hospital,and

question 3

Multiple Choice

A patient newly diagnosed with cancer is admitted to the hospital,and the provider orders oxycodone [OxyContin] every 4 to 6 hours PRN pain. The patient requests pain medication whenever he reports pain as a 7 or 8 on a scale of 1 to 10 (10 being the worst pain) ,but he tells the nurse the medication is not working well. The nurse will contact the provider to discuss:

• A) a fixed dosing schedule for the oxycodone.
• B) intramuscular meperidine [Demerol].
• C) intravenous morphine sulfate.
• D) transdermal fentanyl.

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