The Health Care Provider Orders a Patient-Controlled Analgesia (PCA)machine to Provide

The health care provider orders a patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) machine to provide pain relief for a patient with acute surgical pain who has never received opioids before. Which nursing actions regarding opioid administration are appropriate at this time ?

A) Assess for signs that the patient is becoming addicted to the opioid.
B) Monitor for therapeutic and adverse effects of opioid administration.
C) Emphasize that the risk of some opioid side effects increases over time.
D) Teach the patient about how analgesics improve postoperative activity levels.
E) Provide instructions on decreasing opioid doses by the second postoperative day.

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