When assessing the pain of two postoperative clients, each tells the nurse that her incisional pain is a ‘‘10’’ using the numeric scale, in which ‘‘0’’ equals no pain and ‘‘10’’ is the most pain the...

When assessing the pain of two postoperative clients, each tells the nurse that her incisional pain is a ‘‘10’’ using the numeric scale, in which ‘‘0’’ equals no pain and ‘‘10’’ is the most pain the person has ever felt. One of the clients is lying quietly in bed watching television. The other is restless and has placed both hands over the in cisional area. Both have medical orders for 50 to 75 mg of meperidine intramuscularly (IM) every 3 to 4 hours as needed for pain. Both clients received 75mg of meperidine IM 3 hours ago. What is the best nursing action at this time?