Answer to Question 1
Correct Answer: 2
Rationale 1: The normal frequency of bowel movements varies widely among individuals, from two or three per day to as few as one per week.
Rationale 2: A diagnosis of constipation includes lumpy or hard stools at least 25 of the time.
Rationale 3: People vary in the frequency of bowel movements, and clients often define constipation as a decrease in the frequency of bowel movements.
Rationale 4: The normal frequency of bowel movements varies widely among individuals, from two or three per day to as few as one per week.
Global Rationale: A diagnosis of chronic constipation includes at least two of the following symptoms without the use of laxatives over the course of a year: two or fewer bowel movements per week; lumpy or hard stools at least 25 of the time; straining to pass stools at least 25 of the time; and a feeling of incomplete evacuation at least 25 of the time.
Answer to Question 2
Correct Answer: 3
Rationale 1: Famotidine is not a proton pump inhibitor.
Rationale 2: Ranitidine is not a proton pump inhibitor.
Rationale 3: Lansoprazole is available in a liquid suspension.
Rationale 4: Esomeprazole is not offered in a liquid formulation.
Global Rationale: The only proton pump inhibitor listed that is available in liquid form is lansoprazole. Famotidine and ranitidine are not PPIs. Esomeprazole is not offered in a liquid form.
The patient and his family meet with the nurse to discuss progress on the patient care plan.
Patients should be encouraged to bring to their health care visit all the substances that they take,
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