A Nurse Is Instructing Her Patient with Ulcerative Colitis Regarding

question 6

Multiple Choice

A nurse is instructing her patient with ulcerative colitis regarding the need to avoid enteric coated medications. The nurse knows that the patient understands the reason for this teaching when he states which of the following?

• A) "The coating on these medications is irritating to my intestines."
• B) "I need a more immediate response from my medications than can be obtained from enteric coated medications."
• C) "Enteric coated medications are absorbed lower in the digestive tract and can be irritating to my intestines or inadequately absorbed by my inflamed tissue."
• D) "I don't need to use these medications because they cause diarrhea, and I have had enough trouble with diarrhea and rectal bleeding over the past weeks."

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