A 78-Year-Old Patient Is in the Recovery Room After Lengthy

A 78-year-old patient is in the recovery room after lengthy hip surgery.While gradually awakening,the patient requests pain medication.Within 10 minutes after receiving a dose of morphine sulphate,the patient is very lethargic; respiration is shallow,at a rate of nine respirations per minute.What necessary action may the nurse need to perform?

A) Close observation for signs of opioid tolerance
B) Immediate intubation and artificial ventilation
C) Administration of naloxone, an opioid reversal agent
D) Administration of an agonist opioid, such as fentanyl (Duragesic Mat)