When teaching a client how to take a sublingual tablet, the nurse should instruct the client to place the tablet:
a) on the floor of the mouth.
b) on the top of the tongue.
c) on the roof of the mouth.
d) inside the cheek.
Ans: a) on the floor of the mouth.
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