To submit a legal/professional nursing question for future consideration, write to the editor at [email protected] (include "Ask the Expert" in subject line). The nurse who submitted this question ...

We occasionally receive reports in which patients were inadvertently given an oral liquid medication intravenously. This happens most often when an oral liquid is prepared or dispensed in a parenteral ...

Swallowing is a complex function that is often taken for granted. As individuals age, physiologic changes can contribute to increased difficulty in swallowing. 1 Healthy older adults as well as those ...