A client’s postoperative pain seems to be getting worse instead of better. When the nurse asks the client, “Why do you think it’s getting worse?” the client replies, “My wife died last month. It’s all I can think about.” The nurse must now consider:
A.
calling the physician for an increased dosage of pain medication.
The client’s pain is affective as well as sensory. Grieving his wife’s death is a normal response that does not necessarily require psychiatric consult. Choices 1 and 2 address the sensory, not the affective component of his pain.Basic Care and Comfort
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