Where should the nurse place this medication if the nurse prepares to administer medication by the buccal route?

Many drugs are administered by mouth, but there are different ways that the drug can be placed in the mouth in order to get the best effect for both the patient and the time needed to get the medicine into the patient’s bloodstream. If a nurse is administering a type of drug that is to be given by the buccal route, then she or he will place the pill or tablet between the client’s cheek and gum.

Since the medicine goes straight into the bloodstream, it will not have to spend time going through the patient’s digestive system which takes quite a bit of time. Some of the drugs that are administered by the buccal route include the midazolam which is used to treat epilepsy.

Between the client\ s cheek and gum-rationale: the nurse should place medication administered by the buccal route in the clients upper or lower buccal pouch, between the cheek and gum. she should apply a topical medication to the clients skin; place a sublingual medication under his tongue on the floor of the mouth; and administer an eye (ocular) medication in the conjunctival sac.client needs category: physiological integrityclient needs subcategory: pharmacological and parenteral therapiescognitive level: knowledgereference: taylor, c., et al. fundamentals of nursing: the art and science of nursing care, 6th ed. philadelphia: lippincott williams & wilkins, 2008, p. 791.