The Nurse Is Caring for a Patient with a Diagnosis

The nurse is caring for a patient with a diagnosis of vulvar cancer who has returned from the PACU after undergoing a wide excision of the vulva. How should this patients analgesic regimen be best managed?

A) Analgesia should be withheld unless the patients pain becomes unbearable.
B) Scheduled analgesia should be administered around-the-clock to prevent pain.
C) All analgesics should be given on a PRN, rather than scheduled, basis.
D) Opioid analgesics should be avoided and NSAIDs exclusively provided.