NBME Step 2 CK Free 120 Administer intravenous morphine (NBME Answers)

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A 76-year-old woman, who is receiving home ...
Administer intravenous morphine 🔍 / 📺 / 🌳 / 📖
tags: pharm ethics

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submitted by ∗bwdc(697)

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Help her feel better. That’s the point of hospice.

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submitted by ∗gigantichawk(1)

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NPPV is approved for hospice patients for palliative reasons.

This patient is struggling to breathe, which is probably causing her some degree of suffering.

NPPV is non-invasive, and could alleviate her pain while not being a curative measure.

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gigantichawk Not the correct answer per NBME, but just sayin'. +

gigantichawk Additionally giving her morphine would probably kill her. +

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