The Nurse Is Providing Care to a Patient with Colorectal

The nurse is providing care to a patient with colorectal cancer who typically takes sustained-release morphine (MS Contin) , furosemide (Lasix) , and metoprolol (Lopressor) . The patient's wife reports that because the patient has bad mouth sores and has a hard time swallowing pills, she has crushed the pills and given him his medications in ice cream. The nurse correctly tells the patient's wife:

A) "Mixing the medication with ice cream is a bad idea, because dairy products reduce the absorption of blood pressure medications."
B) "I'm sure it has been hard for him to swallow. Has he lost any weight?"
C) "The morphine tablets shouldn't be crushed because that releases all of the medication at once."
D) "We usually tell people with mouth sores to suck on ice or popsicles before they try to swallow pills."