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1. How might the nurse safely Place the capsule in a spoonful of the patient's applesauce.
administer an extended-re-
lease capsule to a patient
Rationale: Placing the capsule in a spoonful of the patient's apple-
with dysphagia?
sauce helps lubricate the capsule, thereby facilitating the patient's
A. Encourage the patient to ability to swallow it. Although giving the pill whole and encouraging
drink plenty of water when the patient to drink plenty of water when swallowing it is one way
swallowing the capsule. to administer the capsule, it is not the safest way. Opening an
B. Open the capsule, and extended-release capsule is not safe. Changing the sequence in
place the contents into 90 which the medication is administered will not make it safer for the
mL (3 fl. oz.) of juice. patient to swallow.
C. Place the capsule in a
spoonful of the patient's ap-
plesauce.
D. Save the capsule to be ad-
ministered last.
2. The nurse is preparing Establish whether the medications may be taken with orange juice.
to administer several oral
medications when the pa-
Rationale: Establishing whether the medications may be taken with
tient says he would like to
orange juice is the nurse's primary concern. Although determin-
take his pills with orange
ing whether the patient's prescribed diet includes orange juice
juice. What is the nurse's
is appropriate, establishing if the medication may be given with
best response?
orange juice is more important. Asking the dietary aide to order
A. Determine whether the extra orange juice is not the nurse's best response. The nurse must
patient's prescribed diet in- establish whether the medications may be taken with orange juice
cludes orange juice. before agreeing to the patient's request.
B. Establish whether the
medications may be taken
with orange juice.
C. Ask the dietary aide to
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Administering Oral Medications
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_655ad2
1. How might the nurse safely Place the capsule in a spoonful of the patient's applesauce.
administer an extended-re-
lease capsule to a patient
Rationale: Placing the capsule in a spoonful of the patient's apple-
with dysphagia?
sauce helps lubricate the capsule, thereby facilitating the patient's
A. Encourage the patient to ability to swallow it. Although giving the pill whole and encouraging
drink plenty of water when the patient to drink plenty of water when swallowing it is one way
swallowing the capsule. to administer the capsule, it is not the safest way. Opening an
B. Open the capsule, and extended-release capsule is not safe. Changing the sequence in
place the contents into 90 which the medication is administered will not make it safer for the
mL (3 fl. oz.) of juice. patient to swallow.
C. Place the capsule in a
spoonful of the patient's ap-
plesauce.
D. Save the capsule to be ad-
ministered last.
2. The nurse is preparing Establish whether the medications may be taken with orange juice.
to administer several oral
medications when the pa-
Rationale: Establishing whether the medications may be taken with
tient says he would like to
orange juice is the nurse's primary concern. Although determin-
take his pills with orange
ing whether the patient's prescribed diet includes orange juice
juice. What is the nurse's
is appropriate, establishing if the medication may be given with
best response?
orange juice is more important. Asking the dietary aide to order
A. Determine whether the extra orange juice is not the nurse's best response. The nurse must
patient's prescribed diet in- establish whether the medications may be taken with orange juice
cludes orange juice. before agreeing to the patient's request.
B. Establish whether the
medications may be taken
with orange juice.
C. Ask the dietary aide to
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