The client is scheduled to receive dressing changes and warm soaks twice a day for an abscess to the lower extremity. The incoming nurse receives in the handoff report that the client has not been tolerating the dressing changes or warm soaks well due to acute pain. What action should the nurse take to promote client comfort and increase the effectiveness of the treatments?.

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Answer:

I would refer the issue to the attending physician with a request for pain medication/analgesics 30 minutes or so prior to the dressing changes/warm soaks.

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