The nurse is caring for a patient who is in agonizing pain. All the following options are listed on the patient's medication order sheet to relive pain. The nurse knows which option that will provide the most rapid pain relief for the patient?
A) Morphine (MSContin) 10 mg PO
B) Hydromorphone (Dilaudid) 1 mg IV push
C) Meperidine (Demerol) 75 mg IM
D) Fentanyl (Duragesic) 50 mcg transdermal patch
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