You are the nurse caring for a postoperative patient following abdominal surgery. He has an IV and PCA. Which statement made by your patient alerts you that he needs more teaching related to the PCA? 1. "I don't need to wait for a nurse for my pain medication." 2. "If I don't get relief, the nurse can give me extra medication."3. "If I forget how to use it, my wife can do it." 4. "I get a constant level of medicine so I won't need extra.

"If I forget how to use it, my wife can do it."

Explanation:Post operative surgery is a medical terminology used to describe the care received by a patient immediately after a surgical procedure. This type of care usually lasts based on the duration of the patient.

Intravenous patient controlled analgesia (IV-PCA) is a kind of pain treatment process where the patient is given the opportunity to titrate the dosage of a pain reliever based on the level of pain which he or she is feeling.

3. if i forget how to use it, my wife can do it

Explanation:

the healthcare provider controls the PCA which is used for relieving pain. dosage is set by the doctor. button of the PCA will be pressed after specific time.

auricle

explanation:

the flaps on the front of the atria are called the auricle.