The Nurse Assesses That a Home Hospice Patient with Terminal

The nurse assesses that a home hospice patient with terminal cancer who complains of severe pain has a respiratory rate of 11 breaths/min. Which action should the nurse take?

A) Inform the patient that increasing the morphine will cause the respiratory drive to fail.
B) Tell the patient that additional morphine can be administered when the respirations are 12.
C) Titrate the prescribed morphine dose up until the patient indicates adequate pain relief.
D) Administer a nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug (NSAID) to improve patient pain control.