Multiple Choice
When visiting a hospice patient,the nurse assesses that the patient has a respiratory rate of 11 breaths/minute and complains of severe pain.Which action is best for the nurse to take?
A) Inform the patient that increasing the morphine will cause the respiratory drive to fail.
B) Tell the patient that additional morphine can be administered when the respirations are 12.
C) Titrate the prescribed morphine dose upward until the patient indicates adequate pain relief.
D) Administer a nonopioid analgesic, such as a nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug (NSAID) , to improve patient pain control.
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