A Teenage Client with Sickle Cell Disease Is Admitted with a Diagnosis

A teenage client with sickle cell disease is admitted with a diagnosis of crisis.  The client's current prescription is morphine 2 mg intravenous push every 4 hours prn.  The client appears comfortable while watching television and tells the nurse "I have severe intolerable pain," and rates it a "10."  What action should the nurse take?

A) Call the client's health care provider (HCP) to obtain a ibuprofen prescription for pain relief
B) Call the HCP for patient-control analgesia (PCA) at a higher dose of the same drug
C) Contact the HCP who issued the prescription to switch to meperidine
D) Realize the client is exhibiting signs of addictive behavior and needs an appropriate consult

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