The nurse is caring for a client who has come to the emergency room reporting muscle spasms and pain following an injury. The client was discharged yesterday for the same complaint with a prescription for a muscle relaxant. Based on knowledge of this drug class, the nurse knows that there was an error made by the healthcare provider who wrote the prescriptionthe client has not allowed enough time for the medication to take effectthe client’s muscle spasms have worsened because the medication should have taken effectthe client has become physically dependent on the medication and it is no longer effective at this dose.
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