Author Question: The nurse is preparing a teaching plan for a patient with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) who ... (Read 69 times)

arivle123 · **on:** Jun 25, 2018

The nurse is preparing a teaching plan for a patient with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) who has been prescribed multi-drug therapy for treatment. Which information is most important for the nurse to obtain?

a. Can you identify triggers for your ref-lux?
b. Can you commit to changing your diet?
c. Do you understand how each type of medication works?
d. Do you think you can afford these pre-scriptions?

Question 2

The nurse urges a female patient with gonorrhea to seek medical care. Which complication(s) can occur if gonorrhea is left untreated? (select all that apply.)

a. Ppelvic inflammatory disease (PID)
b. Sterility
c. Obstructed fallopian tubes
d. Ectopic pregnancy
e. Ophthalmia neonatorum in the newborn

patma1981 · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 25, 2018

Answer to Question 1

D
Drug therapy may include antacids, H2-receptor antagonists, proton pump inhibitors, and proki-netic drugs. Priorities related to education about medication include checking for possible drug interactions with other drugs the patient is taking and verifying that the patient can afford the drugs prescribed. (If the patient cannot afford the medications, compliance is an unrealistic ex-pectation.) While it is important for the patient to attempt to identify triggers, commit to dietary and lifestyle modifications, and understand each medication, those are questions that can be answered over time.

Answer to Question 2

A, B, C, D, E
All options are possible complications from untreated gonorrhea.