Question

For a client with rib fractures and a pneumothorax, the health care provider (hcp) prescribes morphine sulfate, 1 to 2 mg/h, given iv as needed for pain. the nursing care goal is to provide adequate pain control so that the client can breathe effectively. which finding indicates the goal has been met?

Answer 1

The pain rating of 1 out of 10 by the client would suggest a successful achievement of the nursing goal.

Morphine sulfate is an opioid; opioids are the strongest form of medicine utilized at the time of pain treatment. The medication work by combining with the opioid receptors that is present in various parts of the body, including the spinal cord, brain, and the gastrointestinal tract.

An opioid combines with the receptor that minimizes the conduction of pain messages to the brain, thus, reducing the pain. Morphine sulfate is used in the treatment of moderate to extreme pain, which is not well managed with the help of other medications.