Counselling Simulator · intermediate
A short opioid course after surgery
The patient in front of you has just been dispensed Hydromorphone (short course) with acetaminophen. Counsel them in plain language; check their understanding before you finish. Their concerns are theirs to reveal, not yours to read.
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I do not want to end up like my brother. But they also said I need to do the physio, and I cannot do that in agony. How does this work?
Tip: check understanding before you finish. Ask the patient to repeat the plan back.
Drug page: find Hydromorphone (short course) with acetaminophen in the Drug Explorer to study its counselling points before or after a session.