in response to a patient's complaint of pain, the nurse administered 2 mg oxycodone po to a patient 40 minutes ago. the physical therapist on the unit has liaised with the nurse and plans to ambulate the patient. how should the nurse follow-up the physical therapist's statement?

Respuesta :

The nurse should accompany the physiotherapist's speech and inform that oxycodone may have left the patient with walking difficulties.

What is Wandering?

Some terms may be strange but in fact some are important and some are quite common. Deambular is one of the most used technical nursing terms in the hospital and simply means walking.

What is Oxycodone ?

Oxycodone is a potent analgesic opioid drug, semi-synthetic analogue of morphine, derived from thebaine. It is a pure agonist with strong affinity for mu opioid receptors. Its potency is twice that of morphine.

Oxycodone is an opioid agonist indicated for the treatment of moderate to severe pain, when continuous administration of an analgesic is required, 24 hours a day, for a prolonged period of time.

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