Question

The patient has hypotension receives opioid analgesia as the prescription allows and continues to have difficulty sleeping at night because of pain. Which should the nurse implement to relieve pain and improve sleep. A. Encourage controlled sleep , B. Provide a glass of wine at bedtime. C. Give a sedative 1 hour before sleep, D. Increase fluids and reposition the patient

Answer 1

Ans - OPTION D - increase fluids and reposition the pstient

Here the patient has HYPOTENSION with PAIN which is disturbing patient sleep and also continues after giving aoioid analgesia.

Going from option to option

Option B - Doesn't make any sense of providing a glass of wine

Option c - sedative is not a choice for pain , sedstive are preferred when there is anxiety causing disturbance in sleep.

Option A - Encouraging controlled sleep will not help here as slep disturbsnce is due to pain

OPTION D - as patient is in hypotension, first is correction of hypotension by give iv fluids and repositioning the patient. This will help opioids to act better