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appyboo

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A patient is prescribed a fentanyl patch to administer 100 mcg/hour. The patient uses one patch for 72 hours and then is changed to an intravenous infusion of morphine 8 hours into the second patch.
 
  If the patient had been receiving the morphine intravenously, how many mg of the medication would the patient have received from wearing the patch?
  Record your answer rounding to the nearest whole number.

Question 2

The nurse is ranking a patient's prescribed pain medications according to their strengths. Using the WHO analgesic ladder, in what order, from weakest to strongest, should the nurse rank the medications?
 
  Choice 1. Morphine sulfate 5 mg IV
  Choice 2. Ibuprofen 400 mg PO with the anticonvulsant gabapentin (Neurontin) 300 mg PO
  Choice 3. Propoxyphene HCL (Darvon) 250 mg. PO
  Choice 4. Acetaminophen (Tylenol) 325 mg PO


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Reply #1 on: Jun 25, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Correct Answer: 320 mg

Answer to Question 2

Correct Answer: 4, 2, 3, 1
The nonopioid analgesics acetaminophen and ibuprofen are the least invasive, followed by the mild opioid analgesics with adjuvant therapy, and finally the opioids.


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