The Patient Has Been Started on Morphine Sulfate (MS Contin)for

question 16

Multiple Choice

The patient has been started on morphine sulfate (MS Contin) for chronic back pain resulting from inoperable disk degeneration.What nursing actions are indicated? Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected.

• A)Use the prn order of docusate (Dulcolax)routinely every night.
• B)Ask the dietary department to add bran cereal to the patient's breakfast trays.
• C)Ask the health care provider to write an order for an indwelling urinary catheter.
• D)Review the trending of the patient's hemoglobin and hematocrit levels.
• E)Check the medical record for a prn order for an antiemetic.

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Definitions:

Sex Glands

Organs that produce sex hormones and gametes; for males, this refers to the testes, and for females, the ovaries.

X-Chromosome

One of the two sex chromosomes, present in two copies in females (XX) and one copy in males (XY), and carrying genes that determine sex and other traits.

Y-Chromosome

A sex chromosome, typically present in males, responsible for determining male biological characteristics.

Sex-Linked Abnormalities

Genetic disorders that are associated with the sex chromosomes, often leading to disease or condition manifesting predominantly in one sex.