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The Patient Is Complaining of Severe Leg Pain

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The patient is complaining of severe leg pain.No pain medication is ordered,so the nurse calls the health care provider.An order for Tylenol with Codeine prn is given,in addition to a one-time order for morphine sulfate to be given stat.Which action by the nurse is most appropriate?


A) Give the morphine sulfate and Tylenol with Codeine immediately.
B) Give the Tylenol with Codeine now.
C) Give the morphine sulfate immediately.
D) Ask the patient which medication he would like first.

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