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Priority of Medication question

I had a question that asked what would the priority med be in the given scenario:

Patient has a fever, cough and a pain score of 7

Choices were:

Tylenol

Codeine

Robitussin

Would you want to help the patient's pain before getting the fever down?

Thanks.

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i'd prioritize by maslow.

  1. need for oxygen and breathing - give the robitussin
  2. need for control of body temperature - give the tylenol
  3. need for comfort - give the pain codeine

Yeah, according to Maslow/nclex comfort issues do not take priority over basic physiologic needs aka pain last

Gee, I guess I look at things a wee bit differently:

I would have given the codeine since it would help both the cough and the pain, then I would have given tylenol and perhaps removed some bed clothing, and started a tepid bath while waiting for the codeine and tylenol to "kick in"

athena

I would treat the pain first. The pt just has a cough- the scenario doesn't say anything about SOB.

I'd give the codeine first..

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