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A nurse is caring for a client diagnosed with stage 4 cancer who has a prescription for a subcutaneous morphine sulfate patch for pain. The client is short of breath and difficult to arouse. During a head-to-toe assessment, the nurse finds four patches on the client’s body. What should be the nurse’s first action?

Correct Answer: C

Rationale: Four morphine patches suggest overdose, causing respiratory depression and sedation. Removing the patches (
C) stops further absorption. Naloxone (
A) or oxygen (
B) may follow, but removal is first. Blood pressure monitoring (
D) is secondary.

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