You are caring for a palliative patient who is not respondin…

You are caring for a palliative patient who is not responding to the current nursing care plan for management of respiratory secretions and the patient is becoming more uncomfortable. You contact the physician and request medication to stop the production of secretions. You are demonstrating which level of critical thinking for this patient?

Connell has burns to his lower legs after a fire 2 days ago….

Connell has burns to his lower legs after a fire 2 days ago. He has dressing changes every other day and had pain medication almost two hours ago and is still reporting his pain as 9 out of 10. He is not scheduled to receive another dose of medication for another hour. What should the critically thinking nurse do first?