A client is experiencing constipation secondary to the use of calcium carbonate. The nurse's most appropriate response to this client is:
a. Alternating the calcium carbonate with magnesium hydroxide will help prevent this.
b. Calcium carbonate is the best antacid on the market, so perhaps if you drank more orange juice, it would help.
c. You need to discuss this with your doctor to see if anything to help you can be determined.
d. If you would stop taking the calcium carbonate and cut down on acidic foods, the constipation would resolve.
Question 2
A client asks the nurse if drinking coffee might make her peptic ulcer disease worse. The nurse's best response is:
a. Both caffeinated and decaffeinated coffees are ulcerogenic and must be avoided.
b. As long as you drink decaffeinated coffee, you can drink as much as you want.
c. Drinking carbonated beverages would be better, although it doesn't matter whether it has caffeine or not.
d. If you could cut out some of your coffee to just drinking it in moderation it would be better.
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