Practice Question
A hospice client with metastatic cancer is moaning and restless despite morphine. Family worries that the morphine will cause addiction. What is the best response?
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Correct Answer:
"Addiction risk is the same for everyone."
Rationale:
🌺In hospice and end-of-life care, the priority is comfort, not addiction prevention.
🌺Morphine is the standard medication for severe cancer pain and dyspnea, helping to reduce suffering and improve quality of life.
🌺True addiction is not a concern in terminal illness, because the goal is not long-term use but relief of pain and distress.
🌺Non-drug measures are supportive, but they are not substitutes for severe pain relief in metastatic cancer.
🌺The nurse reassures the family that morphine use at this stage is appropriate, focusing on dignity and comfort in the client’s final days.
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Question Details
- Category: RN Nursing Exam(s)
- Subcategory: ATI Exam(s)
- Domain: RN ATI MedSurg
- Answer Choices: 4