Do you think it is appropriate for a hospice nurse to hint around at how much of a patient’s medication it would take to kill them?

Is this common?

It has happened twice, both coincidentally (?) by nurses over age 60.

My young nurses are sweet and encouraging but are they secretly judging me for not overdosing hahaha

It makes me uncomfortable. I don’t even have to recertify until February. Leave me freakin be.

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I would consider it very dangerous. It's such a variable unless so many factors have been taken into account. If they were giving you a personalised fatal dosage then it would likely constitute a crime. If the suggested dose was generic then there is no guarantee it would work anyway. Better they just stfu and let patients discuss such issues if they wish and then respond to them appropriately.