A Patient Receiving Prn Intermittent IV Administration of Opiates Following

A patient receiving prn intermittent IV administration of opiates following gastric surgery watches a favorite television program every morning. The patient does not request pain medication during this time and when questioned denies the need for medication. The nurse's evaluation of this situation is that

A) lying quietly in bed is the best method of controlling the patient's incisional pain.
B) encouraging the patient to watch other television programs will decrease the pain.
C) the distraction of the television enables the patient to decrease the perception of pain.
D) the patient's dose of opiates needs to be decreased because her pain is well controlled.

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