A 4-year-old boy is postoperative day one following surgery for trauma suffered in a motor vehicle accident. The boy is in pain, and the nurse is preparing to administer a dose of hydromorphone syrup as ordered
To administer this drug, the nurse should use A) a teaspoon.
B) a transparent, 2-ounce medication cup.
C) a parenteral syringe with the needle removed.
D) an oral syringe.
D
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The nurse should administer oral medications only in oral syringes. Other methods have the potential to be inaccurate.
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