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mmm · **on:** Jul 23, 2018

The nurse is giving discharge instructions to a patient who will be taking an antacid for gastric problems. Which responses are correct about antacids? (Select all that apply.)

a. Antacids must be taken with a lower fiber diet.
b. Antacids should be taken at bedtime.
c. Antacids serve as a gastric buffer.
d. Antacids must be taken between meals.
e. Antacids must be taken with food.

Question 2

A patient tells the nurse she regularly forgets to take her antiinflammatory medication. What is the nurse's best response to the patient?

a. Medication levels need to be maintained.
b. Take a dose when you remember.
c. Double up on doses.
d. Stop taking the medication.

todom5090 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 23, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: B, C, D
Antacid neutralizes gastric acid; thus antacids are most beneficial if given between meals and at bedtime.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: A
A certain level of medication must be maintained within the body at all times to maintain the antiinflammatory effect of the drug.