The nurse is caring for a patient with severe congestive heart failure (CHF)who denies pain and is fearful of taking prescribed morphine.Which explanation best works to alleviate the patient's anxiety about risk of addiction?

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The primary purpose of morphine is its relief of air hunger and anxiety.Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs do not have the same vasodilation properties as morphine.Telling the patient that many CHF patients take morphine provides a generalized statement that does not therapeutically address the patient's anxiety or confusion about the medication.Telling the patient that he may refuse is a dismissive,nontherapeutic response.

The Nurse Is Caring for a Patient with Severe Congestive