A nurse isreinforcing teaching with a client who has persistent cancer pain about the AR of opioids.

Which of the following statements should the nurse include in the teaching?

Opioids do not relieve pain without causing severe adverse effects.

Physical dependence is not the same as addiction.

Tolerance typically meansthat the medication will no longer be effective.

The most common adverse effect is respiratory depression with prolonged use.

A nurse isteaching a client who is experiencing age-related vaginal atrophy and has a prescription for

estradiol cream. Which of the following statements should the nurse include in the teaching?

This medication should be used daily.

This medication should be applied externally.

This medication hasfewersystemic effectsthan oral estrogen.

This medication can increase your risk of bone loss.

A nurse is collecting data on a client who is postoperative and received a dose of morphine 15 minutes

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

medications should 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 from 20 to 12/min. Which of the following actions should the

nurse take?

Flush the IV line with saline

Administer flumazenil

Lower the head of the bed

Slow the rate of the infusion