The nurse is assisting the parent of a 6-month-old infant to administer an oral liquid medication. The parent asks why the medication can't be given in a bottle of formula to make it taste better. How will the nurse respond?
a. "Adding a medication to the formula will cause the formula to curdle."
b. "Formula and medications can form toxic compounds if mixed together."
c. "The infant may not always take the entire bottle of formula."
d. "This may cause the infant to refuse formula in the future."
ANS: C
Medications should not be mixed with a large amount of food or beverage because patients may miss the full dose if they do not consume the entire amount. If the entire bottle is not consumed, the nurse will have difficulty determining how much dose was received. If medications interact with formula in vivo, package information will indicate this.
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