You Have Just Received Report on a 27-Year-Old Woman Who

You have just received report on a 27-year-old woman who is coming to your unit from the emergency department with a torn meniscus. You review her PRN medications and see that she has an NSAID (ibuprofen) ordered every 6 hours. If you wanted to implement preventive pain measures when the patient arrives to your unit, what would you do?

A) Use a pain scale to assess the patients pain, and let the patient know ibuprofen is available every 6 hours if she needs it.
B) Do a complete assessment, and give pain medication based on the patients report of pain.
C) Check for allergies, use a pain scale to assess the patients pain, and offer the ibuprofen every 6 hours until the patient is discharged.
D) Provide medication as per patient request and offer relaxation techniques to promote comfort.