The Student Nurse Is Working on the Surgical Floor

question 5

Multiple Choice

The student nurse is working on the surgical floor.The student nurse is assigned to take care of a patient with hemiplegia and communication deficits from a previous stroke.The patient is 1-day postoperative from abdominal surgery.Which of the following interventions would promote comfort and help the patient remain pain free? (Select all that apply.)

• A) Keep the bed sheet wrinkle free.
• B) Only change wet dressings or bed linens once a shift.
• C) Remove noxious stimuli from the room.
• D) Continue to use the establish pain scale for this patient.
• E) Give pain medication after ambulation down the hall.

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