The nurse anticipates administering an opioid fentanyl patch to which patient?

A) A 15-year-old adolescent with a broken femur.
B) A 30-year-old adult with cellulitis.
C) A 50-year-old patient with prostate cancer.
D) An 80-year-old patient with a broken hip.

Opioid Fentanyl Patch

An opioid fentanyl patch is a transdermal system used to deliver the potent opioid fentanyl for pain management over an extended period.

Uterine Cancer

A type of cancer that occurs in the uterus, the organ in a woman's pelvis where a baby develops during pregnancy, involving abnormal growth of cells that have the ability to invade or spread to other parts of the body.

Femur

The thigh bone, which is the longest and strongest bone in the human body, extending from the hip to the knee.