CHAPTER 15 Pain Management^555
- Your postdischarge instructions for a 65-year-old male with peripheral neu-
ropathy from diabetes would include:
(a) Walk barefoot to increase the stimulation.
(b) Wear socks and shoes.
(c) Check feet weekly for wounds.
(d) Soak feet in hot water daily. - On the first postoperative day after a fractured femur, the patient is resting
quietly, watching TV. Your nursing interventions would include:
(a) asking the patient what their pain level is on a scale of 1 to 10.
(b) administering an ordered dose of opioid.
(c) encouraging ambulation.
(d) telling the next shift nurse not to give any pain medication. - A mother is concerned about her teenaged son who is depressed and irrita-
ble. His school teachers have called, concerned about his declining grades.
You would ask:
(a) if you can recommend a psychiatrist.
(b) if he has a fever.
(c) about any family history of substance use disorders.
(d) about any allergies. - An elderly patient with chronic arthritis asks you for suggestions for pain
relief. You advise
(a) increasing caffeine.
(b) marijuana.
(c) decreasing caffeine.
(d) guided imagery.