To gain a preschooler's cooperation to swallow an oral medication, your best approach would be to
A) offer to play a game with him if he takes the medicine.
B) ask if he would like to take his medicine in a cup or through an oral syringe.
C) compare the taste of the medicine to a chocolate bar.
D) leave the medicine on his stand so he can take it independently.
B
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