Why Should You Teach a Patient to Use a Small

question 20

Multiple Choice

Why should you teach a patient to use a small medication cup to measure a liquid drug rather than a tableware teaspoon?

• A) A child may learn to think that all tableware teaspoons contain drugs.
• B) Teaspoons are more likely to spill and waste drug than a medication cup.
• C) Medication cups measure liquids more accurately than tableware teaspoons.
• D) Medication cups are less likely to change the taste of the drug than tableware teaspoons.

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