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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 of the following administration schedules is most likely to control the patient's pain?
  A) Scheduled doses of short-acting morphine q1h around the clock
  B) Twice-daily doses of long-acting morphine, with short-acting morphine available for breakthrough pain
  C) A large long-acting dose of morphine at 8 AM with smaller doses at 12 PM, 5 PM, and 10 PM.
  D) Alternating doses of long-acting morphine with short-acting morphine
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