An 80-year old patient is brought to the emergency room for a suspected hip fracture. In order for the nurse to get an accurate pain assessment, which tool will the nurse use? FLACC Scale Wong Baker Faces Scale CPOT Scale Numeric 1-10 Scale

A client who is obese reports severe pain and is unable to bear weight in the right ankle after making dietary changes 3 weeks ago for weight loss. The client's medical history includes hypertension, gouty arthritis, and cholecystitis. Which instruction should the nurse include in the discharge teaching? Use electric healing pad when pain is at its worse Limit use of mobility equipment to avoid muscle atrophy Eat high protein foods to achieve ideal body weight Return for periodic liver function studies

The nurse realizes that the physician’s verbal orders was missing information and requests the missing order information.  Before administering the medication, the nurse will review the medication rights to ensure that the medication is correctly given.  When thinking of the 10 medication rights, what medication right has missing information from the physician’s order of:  Give Sally Smith 5 mg morphine sulfate q6h PRN for pain? Fill in the blank with a one-word answer (your answer must be one word or it will be marked wrong)

Sally asks the nurse if she can have her next dosage of pain medication.  The best next action by the nurse is to: Sally Smith has her surgery to place stents without complications and returns to her room after a brief observation in the post-anesthesia care unit and continues to receive morphine 5 mg q6h for pain.  Her last dose was at 2200.  At 0400, the nurse takes the following vital signs and documents them in the electronic medical record (EMR):   VITAL SIGNS     Normal Range 0905  0400 Temperature 97.8°F  - 99.1°F (36.5°C - 37.3°C) 37°C  (98.6°F) 37°C  (98.6°F) Heart Rate  60-100 beats per minute 96 beats per minute 92 beats per minute Respiratory Rate 12 to 20 breaths per minute 16 breaths per minute  11 breaths per minute (Low) Blood Pressure 90/60 mm Hg to 120/80 mm Hg  120/72 mmHg 108/62 mmHg Oxygenation  95%-100 %  98% on room air 98% on room air Pain 0/10 7/10 (High) 6/10 (High)   Sally asks the nurse…