A client has recently been placed on prednisone (Deltasone). What is the highest priority instruction the nurse will provide?
a. "Expect to experience weight gain."
b. "Watch your diet while on this medica-tion."
c. "Take the drug with food or milk."
d. "Report any abdominal pain or dark-colored vomit."
D
All of these directions are appropriate to give the client; however, telling the client to report ab-dominal pain and dark-colored vomit is most important because these could signal gastric ulcera-tion.
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