[Verified Answer]: Mr. Smith is a 26-year old patient admitted to

Mr. Smith is a 26-year old patient admitted to the hospital today with the diagnosis of a urinary tract infection. He is a paraplegic who has frequent admissions to the hospital and is well known to the hospital staff. He is requesting hydromorphone (Dilaudid) and promethazine (Phenergan) intravenously for urinary/back pain. At shift change, the day shift nurse reports to the night shift nurse that the patient just requested hydromorphone (Dilaudid) and promethazine (Phenergan) intravenously for urinary/back pain. The day shift nurse is concerned that the patient is addicted to the drugs and refused to administer them. Instructions for philosophical chairs: Discuss the administration of opioids and the issue of drug addiction. You are the night shift nurse. Will you give the drugs or not give the drugs? Elaborate on what actions you would take. Post your original argument in this discussion board. In addition, post a reply to a peer in rebuttal. You will only see your peers’ replies AFTER you post your original response.