[Verified Answer]: A community health-care nurse is assigned to…

A community health-care nurse is assigned to care for a 48-year-old female client with terminal pancreatic cancer. The client wants to stay at home during the terminal stage of her illness. The client is now reporting increasing pain, that is not relieved by oxycodone. A new order has been prescribed for fentanyl (Duragesic) patch. Identify each education topic that is Indicated (appropriate or necessary), or Contraindicated (could be harmful), for the client’s care at this time. Matching question. A. Client will be able to describe the rationale for the medication. B. Client will cut the fentanyl patch to size. A. Client will be able to implement distraction techniques. – Client will state that the fentanyl patches take 6 to 12 hours to obtain steady pain control. – Client will state that a new patch will be applied every 72 hours. – Client will use heating pads to accelerate the diffusion of the drug. – Client will apply the new patch and leave the old path in place for 24 hours – Client will be able accurately describe the adverse effects such as respiratory and CNS depression. – Client will store medication in the bathroom medicine cabinet. A. Indicated B. Contraindicated