My father was given morphine drip because his cancer was terminal. Is this normal and why wouldn't a nurse at a rehab facility notify the doctor earlier at the families request to give him pain medication. They were giving him Tylenol every 4 hours, which wasn't working. I realize he would had died eventually, but don't you think administering tylenol only increased the intensity of his pain? I just don't understand the standard practices at these facilities for patients like my dad. We couldn't move him because his insurance would not allow that.
Is the morphine drip suppose to make them lifeless with no movement, but their hearing is last to go.