A 25-year-old Arab American man is one day post-operative following vascular sur

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A 25-year-old Arab American man is one day post-operative following vascular surgery. There have been no post-surgical complications. He tells his family that he is “in terrible pain”, and he reports ratings of 2 to 3 on 0-10 numeric rating scale to the nursing staff. He requests pain medication every two to three hours, and will not get out of bed or ambulate.

Identify another interdisciplinary team member and an action they could take to help resolve the chosen client problem or nursing diagnosis.

Nursing Diagnosis =Acute pain related to surgery as evidenced by evidence of pain, physical changes and verbal reports of pain.

Explanation / Answer

In the above scenario, the patient verbalise his pain 2 -3 in a pain scale which is mild to moderate pain only. He does not need analgesic as frequently as he requested. Pain management team can interventions in this case and make the patient understand about the actual pain he have. The provided nursing diagnosis is appropriate.

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