A Postoperative Client That Recently Returned from Surgery Has a Morphine

question 28

Multiple Choice

A postoperative client that recently returned from surgery has a morphine PCA pump. The basal rate is ordered to be 1 mg/hour and the patient can have a 1-mg bolus every 15 minutes. When the nurse assesses the client, the nurse finds the client stuporous, hard to arouse, with a respiratory rate of 6 breaths/minute. After successfully treating the client, which action by the nurse takes priority? The nurse should

• A) ask the physician to discontinue the PCA pump and revert to prn opioids for pain.
• B) check the IV pump to ensure the basal rate is set correctly.
• C) question the client about how he/she has been using the button on the pump.
• D) request the physician order different basal and bolus rates.

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