Why does the nurse teach a patient to use a small medication cup to measure a liquid drug rather than a tableware teaspoon?
a. A child may learn to think that all tableware teaspoons contain drugs.
b. Teaspoons are more likely to spill and waste drug than a medication cup.
c. Medication cups measure liquids more accurately than tableware teaspoons.
d. Medication cups are less likely to change the taste of the drug than tableware teaspoons.
C
Tableware teaspoons and tablespoons used for eating are only names that indicate that the two spoon types are different in size. They do not reflect the actual liquid amount either one can hold, and do not hold the same volume from one spoon to another. The medication cup is a more ac-curate measure of liquid volume.
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What will be an ideal response?
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