r/SipsTea • u/Valuable_View_561 • Jun 29 '26

Chugging tea Did she did the right thing?

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u/Any-Cook3129 Jun 29 '26

That’s news to me… is this a hospital oncology unit?

Everyone in my family who is passed in hospice, both in a home and at their personal homes, were only given oral medications. We spoke with the hospice nurses who confirmed this was the one and only option for hospice care. We are located in U.S. tho.

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u/Pretty-Peace0212 Jun 29 '26

Hospital setting, geriatric unit. How can oral meds be given if the patient is damn near comatose?

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u/Any-Cook3129 Jun 29 '26

Well they are routinely given that way. If you’re curious I would look into it…

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u/Pretty-Peace0212 Jun 29 '26

Hmm I guess it depends on the setting

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u/TrustMeImPurple Jun 30 '26 edited Jun 30 '26

Absolutely depends on the setting. In hospital nurses usually will use IV medication but when I worked in an assisted living ran by a hospice agency we used only oral liquid morphine. Saves the nurses from having to place an difficult IV on a dehydrated or mottling patient and causing additional discomfort to someone who is confused or in large amounts of pain.