The nurse cares for several postoperative patients using patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) pain management with a combination of an opioid and a local anesthetic agent on the first postoperative day.Which patient will the nurse assess first?
A) A patient after a bowel resection for recurrent colon cancer
B) A patient after an internal fixation of an ankle fracture
C) A first-time hospitalized patient after amputation of a leg
D) A patient with emphysema who had a lung tumor resection
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Q1: The patient has hypotension, receives as much
Q2: The patient received treatment for a sprained
Q4: The patient who receives patient-controlled analgesia (PCA)
Q5: The nurse massages the patient to promote
Q6: The school nurse provides first aid to
Q7: The patient with metastatic bone pain from
Q8: The nursing assistive personnel (NAP) reports that
Q9: The nurse decides that collaboration with the
Q10: In the postanesthesia care unit the nurse
Q11: The nurse prepares an oral opioid analgesic
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