A Client with Terminal Cancer Has This Nursing Diagnosis: Pain

question 5

Multiple Choice

A client with terminal cancer has this nursing diagnosis: Pain related to neuromuscular involvement of disease process.The goal statement is as follows: Client will be free of pain within 48 hours.As an intervention,the nurse will administer narcotic analgesics and titrate to an appropriate level.What is the flaw in this plan?

• A)The goal statement is written inaccurately.
• B)The interventions are dependent of nursing.
• C)The goal is unrealistic.
• D)The interventions are not clear enough.

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