Your Patient Is Prescribed a Transdermal Morphine Patch for Severe

Multiple Choice

Your patient is prescribed a transdermal morphine patch for severe chronic pain.You are providing medication teaching for her.What is important to include in your teaching?

A) Make sure to cut the patch to enhance medication release.
B) Take care not to touch the "skin side" of the patch.
C) Place the new patch next to the old patch.
D) Apply patch only to the chest.