The nurse understands that medications delivered by which route are more likely to cause a drug reaction?
a. Oral
b. Topical
c. Intravenous
d. Intramuscular
ANS: C
Drugs administered by the intravenous route are more likely to cause a reaction than the oral, topical, or intramuscular route.
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