Which should the nurse implement to administer a liquid medication?
1. Place medicine cup on the counter; stand over cup to pour.
2. Use a syringe to transfer the medication into the medicine cup.
3. Pour with the label on the bottle facing away from nurse's hand.
4. Match medication level at meniscus to a specified amount on cup.
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4. The nurse pours liquid medication into the medicine cup for accurate dispensing and lines up the meniscus to a predetermined line on the cup. The meniscus is the true level of a liquid medication because surface tension draws liquid up the sides of the medicine cup, distorting the level.
1. The nurse stoops to eye level of the cup so that the nurse's eyes are parallel to the medicine cup.
2. The nurse avoids using a syringe to transfer liquid from the container to a cup be-cause it risks a medication error if the syringe is injected accidentally. In addition, the nurse risks contaminating the liquid medication and wasting time and a syringe.
3. The label faces the nurse's palm while pouring liquid medication to prevent spillage over the container's label.
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