A nurse is caring for a client receiving opiates for pain management. Initially after pain management plan was started, the client was sedated and sleeping most of the time. After three days the client is no longer sedated and sleeping regularly. What action should the nurse take?
a) Increase the dose of opiates
b) Decrease the dose of opiates
c) Continue the current dose of opiates
d) Discontinue opiates and switch to a different pain management strategy