NURSE-UN 240 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Registered Nurse, Pain Scale, Eugenius Warming
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A nurse is teaching a patient about patient-controlled analgesia (pca). Which statement made by the patient indicates to the nurse that teaching is effective: a. I will only need to be on this pain medication. : b. Which statement made by the student nurse does not require correction by the registered nurse: a. I will ask the patient"s family member if they think the patient is in pain. : b. Which areas did the nurse focus on with this patient: a. Age and gender: b. anxiety and fear, c. culture and ethnicity, d. previous pain experiences, the nurse is preparing for a patient who will be going to surgery. The nurse screens for risk factors that can increase a person"s risks in surgery. Which point should the nurse include in the teaching session: a. The operative suite will be very warm: b. Which component will the operating room nurse not include: a. iv fluids, b.