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A school-age client is brought to the emergency department after an arm injury during a football game. When the nurse tells the client that pain medication will be administered through the intravenous line the client begins to scream and wave the unaffected arm. The client's parents ask the nurse why their child is behaving this way. Which response by the nurse is the most appropriate?


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Pka Values

A quantitative measure of the strength of an acid in solution, representing the acid dissociation constant logarithmically.

Equilibrium

A state in a chemical reaction where the rate of the forward reaction equals the rate of the reverse reaction, leading to constant concentrations of reactants and products.

Phenylacetone

An organic compound also known as benzyl methyl ketone, used in the synthesis of various chemicals.

Enols

Organic compounds characterized by a carbon-carbon double bond directly adjacent to a hydroxyl group, serving as intermediates in various reactions.

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