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:

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Proper safe disposal of the oral capsule of the medication requires the nurse to crush the tablet and flush it into the sewer system. Medication taken from the stock supply cannot be returned; the safest way is achieved by rendering it unusable and disposing it in the sewer system.

When the Nurse Enters the Patient's Room, She Observes That