Brittany is a two-month-old receiving oral medications so the nurse should: plan to:
a. administer her medications before meals.
b. administer her medications rapidly, before she begins crying.
c. ask the health care provider to change the route to parenteral.
d. have the parents administer Brittany's medication.
ANS: A
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A Correct: Oral medications should be administered when birth to three-month-olds are hungry to better ensure complete consumption of medications.
B Incorrect: Oral medications should be administered slowly and in as a small a volume as possible.
C Incorrect: The oral route is the most common and least traumatic for a young infant.
D Incorrect: Parents can be taught by the nurse to administer Brittany's medication, if these are medications Brittany will be taking at home.
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