A Home Health Client Has Been Taking 50 Mg of Meperidine

question 4

Multiple Choice

A home health client has been taking 50 mg of meperidine, a narcotic analgesic, every 4 hours for pain. Which of the following statements made by a nurse to the client's physician indicates a need for further education on narcotics?

• A)"You need to decrease the time interval between doses to every 3 hours so that my client will maintain pain relief."
• B)"You need to discontinue that order before my client becomes addicted."
• C)"You need to increase the meperidine so that my client will achieve adequate pain relief."
• D)"You need to give my client something in addition to the meperidine."

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