A new nurse caring for a toddler in pain after a procedure is reluctant to medicate the child for fear of causing a respiratory arrest.What action by the nurse's preceptor is best?
A) Agree about withholding medication and teach some distraction techniques.
B) Explain that pain has detrimental health effects and needs treatment.
C) Have the new nurse get naloxone (Narcan) and place it at the child's bedside.
D) Tell the new nurse to give the child analgesics and not worry about respiratory arrest.
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