A client is experiencing an acute exacerbation of rheumatoid arthritis. What should the nursing priority be?

Administering oral analgesics and monitoring their effects.

Explanation:

An analgesic is any group member of medications used to provide pain relief, analgesia. Emetic medications function on the periphery and circulatory systems in many different ways.

Analgesics taken orally, also recognized as painkillers, are widely used to relieve pain such as anxiety, intestinal cramping, stomach ache, back pain, and arthritis. Discomfort is defined as being severe or persistent.

These come in various oral formulations such as pills, drops, syrups, liquids, and powders.