You give your patient Famotidine (Pepcid) for heartburn. Thirty minutes later, they are stating the Pepcid did not help and request Maalox or Tums. Will you administer Maalox or Tums at this time?

By neutralizing the stomach acid, Antacids such as Maalox PREVENT:

Antibiotics are commonly used to treat Peptic Ulcer Disease because Peptic Ulcer Disease is commonly caused by an infection of:

An important aspect of constipation medication treatment that the nurse should be aware of is:

Osmotic Laxatives are SPECIFICALLY contraindicated for which group of clients?

Your client is freaking out because their urine has turned pink after "taking some laxative." Which laxative is most likely to have caused this?

When teaching a client who is to take a Sodium Phosphate product for a colonoscopy prep, it is MOST important for the nurse to include:

Laxative Abuse can lead to all EXCEPT:

The nurse giving Ondansetron (Zofran) to a patient on chemo knows it is best to give it at all of the following times EXCEPT:

When preparing to give Promethazine (Phenergan) IV, you know to:

The nurse knows antiemetics are important because prolonged emesis can lead to:

A natural treatment for nausea and vomiting that could be found at grunge concerts everywhere in the 90's is:

For a client with dehydration due to diarrhea, the nurse expects to infuse which type of IV fluid?

True or False: Bulk-forming medications, such as Psyllium, not only help with constipation but can also work for diarrhea.

When assessing the history of a patient with diarrhea, it is important to find out if the patient has a history of narcotic abuse because:

A client taking Morphine 2mg IV Q4 hours PRN pain requests medication for diarrhea. Which medication will you question an order for?

You are teaching your IBS patient about their new medication, Lubiprostone. What are you going to include in your teaching?

Your bed-bound patient is having severe diarrhea and lethargy. When looking at their chart, you are not surprised to find they are taking high doses of:

Ingesting which substance would indicate the use of an emetic?