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A nurse is preparing to give a suppository medication to a patient with diarrhea. What approach is best?

Explanation

•Suppositories should not be given to patients with diarrhea because the medication would discharged with the stool, unabsorbed. The physician should be contacted to obtain a new order.

Incorrect options:

•The nurse cannot change the route to an oral drug without the approval of the physician.

•Never have a patient administer their own suppository.

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