If it is in home hospice you could tell them to take a back seat. My sister did not allow hospice to administer any morphine..she did it herself and only sparingly.
” My sister did not allow hospice to administer any morphine..she did it herself and only sparingly.”
Excellent advice. My experience is that most nurses, not just hospice, tend to over medicate.
When the discomfort from pain in the physical body becomes too great, a person often will let go and leave. I prefer to guide a person in prayer to look toward God and they will exit easily as they forget to hold onto their body.
Just last month my aunt died in my home in hospice care. She told my wife to get me right away. It was 2:30 am and I had just walked to the kitchen. When I entered the room she rolled over and extended both arms high in the air toward me and yelled to me, “Take hold of my arms and pull me from my body.” I explained that is not how it is done as she was trying to do the equivalent of jumping off a diving board while still holding onto it tightly.
I guided her to relax in prayer and within 5 minutes she crossed over. There is no fear in letting go of the physical body when God is lifting you up out of it.