Question: 19 A Nurse Is Caring For The Patient Who Is Two Days Postoperative And Complaining Of Severe Pain In The Left Leg. The Nurse Administers The Prescribed Morphine Sulfate, 2mg IV. The Patient Continues To Complain Of Severe Pain. The Nurse Assesses The Patient’s Left Leg And Finds It Extremely Cool To Touch And With Absent Pulses And Capillary Refill …

19 A nurse is caring for the patient who is two days postoperative and complaining of severe pain in the left leg. The nurse administers the prescribed morphine sulfate, 2mg IV. The patient continues to complain of severe pain. The nurse assesses the patient’s left leg and finds it extremely cool to touch and with absent pulses and capillary refill of greater than 3 seconds. What is the priority action by the murse?