Which Precaution Is Important to Teach a Patient Who Plans

question 44

Multiple Choice

Which precaution is important to teach a patient who plans to use over-the-counter cimetidine to help control gastroesophageal reflux disease?

• A) "Watch your stools for changes that indicate bleeding such as bright red blood or a tarry appearance."
• B) "Be sure to tell your health care provider that you are taking this drug."
• C) "Avoid taking antacids while taking cimetidine."
• D) "Always take cimetidine with a full meal."

Understand the concept of culture in the context of values, ideas, and attitudes shared among members of a group.

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Definitions:

Inferential Statistics

The branch of statistics that allows one to make predictions or inferences about a population based on a sample of data taken from that population.

Normal Distribution

A statistical distribution where data is symmetrically distributed around the mean, forming a bell-shaped curve.

Random Sampling

Sampling in which every member of a population has an equal chance to be selected and in which selection is determined by “luck of the draw” rather than a decision by the researcher.

Degrees

Units of measurement for angles in a circle or for temperature; in the context of education, it refers to academic qualifications.