During the early postoperative period, a client who has undergone a cataract extraction complains of nausea and intense eye pain over the operative site. What should be the initial nursing action?

Ramanpreet Kaur Sidhu

ID: 137304

Question

During the early postoperative period, a client who has undergone a cataract extraction complains of nausea and intense eye pain over the operative site.    What should be the initial nursing action? 
 
   Ramanpreet Kaur Sidhu   
 
 ID: 137304

Accepted Answer

Call the primary health care provider

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Place a sterile dressing atop the affected eye

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Turn the client on the unoperated side

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Prepare to administer acetaminophen with oxycodone

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