A New Nurse Caring for a Toddler in Pain After

question 46

Multiple Choice

A new nurse caring for a toddler in pain after a procedure is reluctant to medicate the child for fear of causing a respiratory arrest.What action by the nurse's preceptor is best?

• A) Agree about withholding medication and teach some distraction techniques.
• B) Explain that pain has detrimental health effects and needs treatment.
• C) Have the new nurse get naloxone (Narcan) and place it at the child's bedside.
• D) Tell the new nurse to give the child analgesics and not worry about respiratory arrest.

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