An adult patient is scheduled for an upper GI series that will use a barium swallow. What teaching should the nurse include when the patient has completed the test?
A) Stool will be yellow for the first 24 hours post-procedure.
B) The barium may cause diarrhea.
C) Fluids must be increased to facilitate the evacuation of the stool.
D) This series includes analysis of gastric secretions.
Ans: C
Feedback: A barium swallow may turn the stool clay colored initially. Patients should be instructed to increase fluid intake to facilitate evacuation of stool. The barium series does not analyze gastric secretions.
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