A Client Has Been Prescribed Ranitidine (Zantac)

question 18

Multiple Choice

A client has been prescribed ranitidine (Zantac) . The nurse plans to include which information in the teaching plan for this client?

• A) You should experience symptom relief in 10 to 15 minutes after taking this drug.
• B) Take this medication after your meal.
• C) Take this medication first thing in the morning, before breakfast.
• D) This drug will not work as well if you continue smoking.
• E) If you experience confusion, discontinue the drug and call for an appointment.

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Definitions:

Benzene Sulfonic Acid

A compound with a sulfonic acid group attached to a benzene ring, used in the production of detergents.

Dibromobenzene

Dibromobenzene refers to any of the compounds containing a benzene ring substituted with two bromine atoms, known in three isomeric forms.

Intermediate Carbocation

A positively charged carbon species that appears as a transient structure during some chemical reactions.

Aromatic

Refers to compounds that have a special stability due to the structure of alternating double and single bonds forming rings.