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maychende

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The client asks the nurse how his ranitidine works to treat his heartburn. The nurse's best response is:
 
  a. Ranitidine block the histamine-2 receptors in the stomach to decrease gastric acid.
  b. Your medication works by blocking histamine release to decrease gastric acid.
  c. Ranitidine is a proton pump inhibitor that causes a decrease in the release of gastric acid.
  d. Your medication works by suppressing pepsin, an enzyme in the stomach.

Question 2

An example of an antacid that releases carbon dioxide when it neutralizes acid in the stomach is:
 
  a. magnesium hydroxide. c. aluminum phosphate.
  b. aluminum hydroxide. d. calcium carbonate.


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Reply #1 on: Jul 24, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANS: A

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A Correct: This is the action of ranitidine, a histamine-2 receptor antagonist.
B Incorrect: This is not the action of ranitidine.
C Incorrect: Ranitidine is a histamine-2 receptor antagonist not a proton pump inhibitor.
D Incorrect: This is not true of ranitidine.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: D

Feedback
A Incorrect: This does not release carbon dioxide gas in the stomach.
B Incorrect: This does not release carbon dioxide gas in the stomach.
C Incorrect: This does not release carbon dioxide gas in the stomach.
D Correct: Calcium carbonate releases carbon dioxide in the stomach.


maychende

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Reply 2 on: Jul 24, 2018
:D TYSM

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Gracias!

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