A Client Has a Prescription for an Intravenous Medication for Nausea

question 2

Multiple Choice

A client has a prescription for an intravenous medication for nausea. The client asks the nurse how it will help his nausea since it is given in his vein. What is the best therapeutic response by the nurse?

• A) "We have more intravenous drugs for nausea than we do oral drugs."
• B) "If you take an oral medication, you will just vomit it up."
• C) "This will work much faster for your nausea."
• D) "You can't have anything by mouth, so you will receive the medication intravenously."

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