The nurse is caring for a postpartum woman who is refusing opioid analgesics but is rating her pain as a 7 or 8 on a 10-point pain scale.The nurse will contact the provider to request an order for which analgesic medication?

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Ketorolac is the first injectable NSAID and has shown analgesic efficacy equal or superior to that of opioid analgesics.The other NSAIDs listed are not used for postoperative pain.

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