A Client with Metastatic Cancer Is Being Dismissed to Home

A client with metastatic cancer is being dismissed to home health care. The client's orders include both a long-acting opioid analgesic and a short-acting analgesic for breakthrough pain. In addition, the client will be taking an NSAID every 8 hours. The client's spouse is very upset with these directions and voices concern to the nurse that the client "will become an addict." Which information will best help the spouse and client maintain the medication schedule? The nurse should

A) call the physician and ask him/her to come speak to the family.
B) help them understand the need for such strong medications.
C) inform them that in time, the medications can be decreased.
D) initiate a referral to a pain specialist.

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