The nurse is caring for a patient who is in agonizing pain. All of the following options are listed on the patient's medication order sheet to relive pain. Which will provide the most rapid pain relief for the patient?
a. Morphine 10 mg PO
b. Dilaudid 1 mg IV push
c. Demerol 75 mg IM
d. Duragesic 50 mcg transdermal patch
ANS: B
IV administration has the most rapid onset of action and will provide the patient with the quickest pain relief.
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