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Antacids that contain aluminum salts may result in which adverse effect?

A client has been diagnosed with a peptic ulcer caused by Helicobacter pylori. The physician has recommended 2 weeks of combination therapy with omeprazole and an antibiotic. Which antibiotic will be chosen for this therapy?

A client is on laxative therapy. What important information about this therapy should the nurse provide the client?  

The drug pentazocine is a narcotic agonist–antagonist. Which statement describes a characteristic of this type of medication?

A client will be discharged with a 1-week supply of an opioid analgesic for pain management after his abdominal surgery. What should the nurse teach this client in regard to this drug?

Which is the best treatment of an acute overdose of diazepam?

What condition is a contraindication to barbiturate therapy? 

A client who has been taking phenobarbital for 2 weeks as part of therapy for epilepsy reports feeling tense and that the “least little thing” is a bother now. What is the nurse’s best explanation to the client?

When the nurse is teaching a manual skill, such as self-injection of insulin, the best way to set up the teaching- learning session is to:

A client has been taking haloperidol for 3 months for a psychotic disorder. Because the nurse is concerned about the development of extrapyramidal symptoms, the client will be monitored for which symptom?