A Patient Recovering from a Bone Biopsy of the Left

question 1

Multiple Choice

A patient recovering from a bone biopsy of the left leg has pain unrelieved by morphine 5 mg intramuscularly given 1.5 hours ago.The morphine is prescribed for every 3 hours.What should the nurse do?

• A) Elevate the extremity.
• B) Repeat morphine now.
• C) Notify the charge nurse.
• D) Administer morphine in 30 minutes.

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Definitions:

Morphine

A powerful pain-relieving medication derived from opium, used to treat severe pain.

Gate-Control Theory

A theory that suggests pain is not solely a result of physical injury but is also affected by psychological factors; it proposes that pain signals pass through neural "gates" in the spinal cord.

Spinal Cord

A long bundle of neurons that carries messages between the body and the brain and is responsible for very fast, lifesaving reflexes.

Size Constancy

A perceptual process by which humans perceive objects as having a constant size, despite changes in the distance from which we view them.