The nurse in the postanesthesia care unit is caring for a 47-year-old male client.
1315:
- morphine 1 mg/mL IV by patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) pump
- demand dose 1 mg
- lockout interval 6 minutes
- basal rate 1 mg/hr
- 4-hour limit 20 mg total
The nurse has reviewed the Nurses' Notes from 1310 and the Orders from 1315.
Drag words from the choices below to fill in each blank in the following sentence.
The setting that the nurse should clarify before starting the pump is Word Choice, and the risk that it raises for this client is Word Choice.
Word Choices
the basal rate
the demand dose
the 4-hour limit
opioid withdrawal
the lockout interval
respiratory depression
breakthrough surgical pain