A nurse is caring for a patient hospitalized with an exacerbation of chronic gastritis. What health promotion topic should the nurse emphasize?
A) Strategies for maintaining an alkaline gastric environment
B) Safe technique for self-suctioning
C) Techniques for positioning correctly to promote gastric healing
D) Strategies for avoiding irritating foods and beverages
Ans: D
Feedback:
Measures to help relieve pain include instructing the patient to avoid foods and beverages that may be irritating to the gastric mucosa and instructing the patient about the correct use of medications to relieve chronic gastritis. An alkaline gastric environment is neither possible nor desirable. There is no plausible need for self-suctioning. Positioning does not have a significant effect on the presence or absence of gastric healing.
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