Question

When the nurse enters the patient's room, she observes that the patient is vomiting. The nurse had taken a capsule of Vistaril from the stock supply to the patient's bedside for administration. The nurse decides the injectable form of the medication should be used rather that the oral form and calls the physician to change the order. Proper safe disposal of the oral capsule of the medication requires the nurse to:

Accepted Answer

A)  Drop the medication into a sharps container
B)  Crush the tablet and flush it into the sewer system
C)  Drop the medication into a biohazard bag
D)  Return the tablet to the security of the stock supplyE) B) and C)
F) All of the above

Exam 3: Pediatrics

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