Has anyone heard of placing a subq needle and giving morphine by push, capping off the extension tubing and administering it either routinely or prn? This situation came up in a LTC facility where the local pharmacy states that a hospice company is doing that and not using a PCA pump. It sounds great because nurses in LTC don't use a PCA pump very often and they don't feel comfortable with one, whereas just pushing the MS through an indwelling needle saves the resident many sticks. I am interested to see if other nurses around the country have heard of this practice.
Thanks,
Diane Jiles, RN-CRNI
