A client is being discharged with a prescription for sulfasalazine. Which of the following would the nurse include in the discharge teaching plan? Select all that apply
A) Take the drug 1 hour before or 2 hours after meals.
B) Use protective sunscreen or cover exposed areas when going outside.
C) Finish the entire course of sulfonamide even if you begin feeling better.
D) Decrease fluid intake to prevent increased excretion of the drug.
E) Keep all follow-up appointments.
Ans: B, C, E
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The nurse should teach the client to take sulfasalazine with food or immediately after a meal, to use sunscreen or cover exposed areas to prevent severe sunburn, to increase fluid intake to prevent renal calculi, to finish the entire course of drug even if the symptoms go away, and to keep all follow-up appointments.
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