The physician has asked that Wilma, a 55‑year‑old woman with type 2 diabetes, be checked for microalbuminuria. You instruct her to collect the first urine of the morning and tell her she can bring it to your office or take it to a lab of her choice. Wilma chooses to take it to the lab at her local hospital. Later in the week, she calls you to report her dismay that the hospital will not give her the test results. What should you tell Wilma?

Mr. will, a 67-year-old patient, is postoperative day 2 after a coronary artery bypass graft operation to revascularize his coronary arteries that were significantly blocked. he has a midline incision of his chest and a 7-inch incision on the inner aspect of his right thigh where a saphenous vein graft was harvested and used to vascularize the blocked coronary artery. the surgeon ordered oxycodone 5 mg every 4 hours prn for moderate pain and oxycodone 10 mg every 4 hours prn for severe pain. a. considering the patient's age, what medication administration considerations should the nurse incorporate into the pain management plan and why? b. what measures should the nurse provide the patient to prevent adverse effects of analgesic agents from occurring? c. what nonpharmacologic pain management methods should the nurse teach to mr. will to assist with pain management?