A Patient Recovering from a Lumbar Puncture Rates a Headache

A patient recovering from a lumbar puncture rates a headache as being 8 on a pain scale of 0 to 10.What should the nurse do while waiting for the health-care provider to prescribe pain medication?

A) Raise the head of the bed
B) Assist to sit out of bed in a chair
C) Encourage increasing oral fluid intake
D) Turn on the side and massage the lower spine