The nurse is conducting medication education for patients with hypertension. The focus of the education is on enhancing the absorption of their medications.

The nurse determines that learning has occurred when the patients make which statement?

a. "We can safely take the drug for at least 6 months beyond the expiration date."

b. "We don't need to worry about storage of the drug, it won't lose potency."

c. "We should not take our medications with milk or dairy products."

d. "We need to be careful about taking the medication with certain foods."

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Cleo

Biology

17 June, 02:06

The nurse is conducting medication education for patients with hypertension. The focus of the education is on enhancing the absorption of their medications.

The nurse determines that learning has occurred when the patients make which statement?

a. "We can safely take the drug for at least 6 months beyond the expiration date."

b. "We don't need to worry about storage of the drug, it won't lose potency."

c. "We should not take our medications with milk or dairy products."

d. "We need to be careful about taking the medication with certain foods."

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Brianna Travis · Answer 1

d. "We need to be careful about taking the medication with certain foods."

Explanation:

hypertension is the increase in blood pressure and it can be cure or reduced. most of the medication used for treatment of certain disease as there sides effects. patient needs to be aware of all these side effect and avoids doing them for the drugs medication to be effective.

Certain food interacts with hypertension medication which includes

1. antibiotics or diary foods

2. grape fruits and banana

3. coffee and tea bag

4. statin and warfarin

though option C is right but the patient just list few out of the food to be avoided while D said the reason.