1. Do you believe in using Morphine Sulfate for end of life comfort?
Yes!
2. In your experience have you seen respiratory suppression that you contribute to the use of the Morphine?mso4 is known to cause respiratory depression but if one's rr is high 40's, your goal is to bring rr down to wnl.
3. If you have used it in your experience - did it make you feel guilty?
1. Do you believe in using Morphine Sulfate for end of life comfort? Yes
2. In your experience have you seen respiratory suppression that you contribute to the use of the Morphine? I've seen painful, labored breathing get easier with morphine, and I've also seen it stop the horrible gasping that you see towards the end.
3. If you have used it in your experience - did it make you feel guilty? No
4. What degree do you hold in nursing? BSN
5. What area of nursing do you work in? Neonatal ICU
6. How many yrs have you been practicing? 7 years
Just wanted to add that when my grandmother was dying of metastatic pancreatic cancer, her doctor asked my family (my dad had POA) if they wanted her to get as much morphine as necessary to relieve her pain, even if it meant that it might depress her breathing. We agreed, and she did pass away much faster than she would have if she hadn't had the morphine. I'm so glad the nurses caring for her had no guilt about giving large doses of morphine. Even though we lost my grandma so quickly, she was in little pain.
1. Do you believe in using Morphine Sulfate for end of life comfort? Yes
2. In your experience have you seen respiratory suppression that you contribute to the use of the Morphine? MOst of time this is not significant. If dyspnea morphine may slow however its greater effect is to relax the chest wall muscles to decrease the effort needed for breathing. For example a resp. rate of 40 may slow to 30
3. If you have used it in your experience - did it make you feel guilty? No
4. What degree do you hold in nursing? BSN
5. What area of nursing do you work in? hospice
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I have found that misunderstanding on purpose of morphine has been shunned and fear of making someone die has come to the surface especially with nursing and the dying pt. A pt that is terminal has a different physiology than other pts.
1. do you believe in using morphine sulfate for end of life comfort? yes
2. in your experience have you seen respiratory suppression that you contribute to the use of the morphine? in palliative pts., no. in acute care, yes.
3. if you have used it in your experience - did it make you feel guilty? no
Specializes in Combat Support Hospital; Geriatrics.
I heard hospice sometimes uses 1000 mg of morphine sulfate per dose on dying patients!!!!!
The most I've ever given ms04 wise was around 2-20mg. I'd freak if I gave more than that knowing what ms04 would do to someone (specially the elderly).
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1. Do you believe in using Morphine Sulfate for end of life comfort? Yes
2. In your experience have you seen respiratory suppression that you contribute to the use of the Morphine? Seen breathing slowed, never what I would call suppressed.
3. If you have used it in your experience - did it make you feel guilty? Never felt guilty.
4. What degree do you hold in nursing? ADN
5. What area of nursing do you work in? Geriatric, Education
My mother died a couple of weeks ago. Before she got the morphine, she had been in terrible pain and frantic because she couldn't breathe. The morphine allowed her to rest and slip away quietly.
So yes, I belive in it- it was terrible to see her so anxious and in pain.
Yes, it slowed her respirations but did not cause her death- just made it peaceful.
I work in med-surg, have been a nurse for 25 years, have an MSN.
1. Yes, No one deserves to die in pain except criminals.
2. Yes, numerous times.
3. Never. One time had to give this lady that had an inoperable heart condition who was in terrible pain Morphine 4 every 5 min. Til she passed away, in comfort.
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