[Solved]: while caring for an older, school-aged child who is…

while caring for an older, school-aged child who is in the immediate postoperative period from surgery for a severely infected and ruptured appendix, the nurse notices that the child is displaying pain symptoms by slightly writhing in bed, pulling up his knees, grimacing, and weeping. He is trying to sit up and swing his legs over the side of the side of the bed. he describes his pain as 8 out of 10 on the numerical pain scale 1 1/2 hours after the administration of intravenous morphine.