True or false? Or are there options?
Some factors to recognize stress can be the person is always tired, they are lacking in everything they used to do, they barely do the things they need to get done, they have a lot of things that are not finished, they are snapping at people here and there
Answer: Every postoperative patient's priority is pain management.
Explanation: In this particular case there are other priority's involved:
1. Use of compression devices to prevent Deep Vein Thrombosis or Pulmonary Thromboembolism, to which Orthopaedic Surgery patients are susceptible to.
2. Position changes to prevent pressure ulcers, especially in this case in which it is an old woman, with a physical limitation to move herself.