An elderly woman is slated for a hemiarthroplasty (hip replacement surgery) after falling and breaking her hip on the stairs outside her home. the woman's pain in the time since her injury has been severe, and her care team has been treating it with morphine. which administratio schedules is most likely to control the client's pain?

Twice daily doses of long acting morphine with short acting morphine available for breakthrough pain.

Explanation:

To overcome the pain caused due to the breakage of the hip bone it is advised to administer morphine and the schedule should consist of taking two doses on a daily bases of the long-acting morphine along with a single dose of short-acting morphine. This combination fo a long-acting analgesic medicine with short-acting opioid helps to break through the pain and this is a proactive method for the management of pain and helps to maximize the benefit obtained for the medication.