A nurse is providing teaching to a client who has peptic ulcer disease and is to start

a newprescription for sucralfate. Which of the following actions of sucralfate

should the nurse include in the teaching?

• Decreases stomach acid secretion

• Neutralizes acids in the stomach

• Forms a protective barrier over ulcers

• Treats ulcers by eradicating H. pylori

A nurse is providing teaching for a client who has multiple sclerosis and a new

prescriptionfor methylprednisolone. Which of the following instructions should

the nurse include? (SATA)

• Blood glucose levels will be monitored during therapy.

• Avoid contact with people who have known infections.

• Take the medication 1 hr before breakfast.

• Decrease dietary intake of foods containing potassium.

• Grapefruit juice can increase the effects of this medication.

A nurse is providing discharge teaching about handling medication to a client who

is to continue taking oral transmucosal fentanyl raspberry flavored lozenges on a

stick. Which ofthe following information should the nurse include in the teaching?

• Chew on the medication stick to release the medication.

• Leave the medication stick in on location of the mouth until melted.

• Allow the medication 1 hr for analgesia effects to begin.

• Store unused medication sticks in a storage container.

A nurse is reviewing the ECG of a client who is receiving IV furosemide for heart

failure. Thenurse should identify which of the following as an indication of

hypokalemia?

• Tall, tented T-waves

• Presence of U-waves

• Widened QRS complex

• ST elevation