A nurse is reinforcing teachingwith a clientwhohas persistent cancerpain about the AR of opioids.

Whichof the following statementsshould the nurse include inthe teaching?

Opioids do notrelievepain without causing severeadverse effects.

Physical dependence is notthe same as addiction.

Tolerance typicallymeansthatthe medication will no longerbe effective.

The most common adverse effectisrespiratorydepression with prolongeduse.

A nurse isteaching a clientwho is experiencing age-related vaginal atrophy andhas a prescription for

estradiol cream. Whichofthe following statementsshouldthe nurse include inthe teaching?

Thismedication should be used daily.

Thismedication should beapplied externally.

Thismedication hasfewersystemiceffectsthan oral estrogen.

Thismedication can increase yourrisk of bone loss.

A nurse is collecting dataon a clientwho is postoperative andreceived adose of morphine 15 minutes

ago. The client no has a respiratory rate of 8/min and is unresponsive. Which of the following

medicationsshould the nurse prepare to administer?

Naproxen

Nifedipine

Naloxone

Nebivolol

A nurse is collecting data from a client who is receiving a continuous morphine IV infusion and finds

the client’srespiratory rate has decrease from20 to 12/min. Whichofthe following actionsshould the

nurse take?

Flush the IV line with saline

Administer flumazenil

Lower the head of the bed

Slow the rate ofthe infusion