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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