John Wakes Up in a Hospital to Find That He

question 25

Multiple Choice

John wakes up in a hospital to find that he had been in an accident that required major surgery to pin his legs back together.He is told that he has a patient controlled analgesia pump with morphine,which he recognizes as a pure opiate agonist.Is he likely to be able to achieve good pain control?

• A)Possibly,but only if the surgeon also gave him a nerve block.
• B)Probably not,unless that he also has PRN pain medications.
• C)No.Morphine is not that effective for pain control.
• D)Yes.Morphine does not have a ceiling to its analgesic effects.

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