A Patient in a Hospice Program Is Experiencing Continuous, Increasing

Multiple Choice

A patient in a hospice program is experiencing continuous, increasing amounts of pain. The nurse caring for the patient plans the scheduling of opioid pain medications to provide

A) prn doses of medication whenever the patient requests.
B) around-the-clock routine administration of analgesics.
C) enough pain medication to keep the patient sedated and unaware of stimuli.
D) analgesic doses that provide pain control without decreasing respiratory rate.