Withhold the suppository and notify the client\ s physician.-rationale: because the client has diarrhea, the nurse should hold the medication and talk with the physician. she should never give a suppository to a client with diarrhea because the client would expel the suppository. waiting 15 minutes or until the client is finished in the bathroom is inappropriate because the client will most likely have another urge to defecate and will expel the suppository. substituting the oral form is inappropriate; only the physician can change the administration route of an ordered drug.client needs category: physiological integrityclient needs subcategory: basic care and comfortcognitive level: applicationreference: taylor, c., et al. fundamentals of nursing: the art and science of nursing care, 6th ed. philadelphia: lippincott williams & wilkins, 2008, p. 808.
