A patient is to receive a drug that has been ordered to be given sublingually. How should the nurse administer this drug?
a. Have the patient swallow the drug.
b. Place the drug under the patient's tongue.
c. Put the drug in the patient's cheek.
d. Apply the drug to the patient's skin.
B
A sublingual drug should be administered under the patient's tongue. A drug in tablet form should be swallowed. A drug that is ordered to be administered as buccal should be placed in the patient's cheek. Topical drugs are applied to the skin.
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