NCLEX-RN Complete Prep Course — Lesson 69: Pain Medications: Opioids, NSAIDs, Acetaminophen, Naloxone, PCA Pumps, and Adjuvants

Sarah Mitchell covers safe analgesia: assessing respiratory rate and sedation before every opioid dose, bowel regimens from day one, fentanyl patch and codeine rules, and naloxone's short duration. She explains PCA pumps and why only the patient presses the button, NSAID bleeding and kidney risks with the five-day ketorolac limit, the four-gram acetaminophen ceiling and acetylcysteine, adjuvants for nerve pain, and tolerance versus addiction, with scenarios on PCA by proxy and hidden acetaminophen.

Lesson 69 of 125 in the NCLEX-RN Complete Prep Course audio course from ExamPrepRise.

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