The nurse is teaching a client who has been placed on a loop diuretic and requires a potassium supplement. What should the nurse include in the teaching session?
1. Do not use with antacids.
2. Tablets may be crushed or broken for easier swallowing.
3. Take on an empty stomach.
4. Take with food.
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Rationale 1: If nausea or heartburn occurs, patients should take antacids along with the potassium supplement.
Rationale 2: Tablets should not be crushed, broken, or sucked.
Rationale 3: Potassium chloride tablets are irritating to the GI mucosa, and should be taken with food.
Rationale 4: Potassium chloride tablets are irritating to the GI mucosa, and should be taken with food.
Global Rationale: Potassium chloride tablets are irritating to the GI mucosa, and should be taken with food. If nausea or heartburn occurs, patients should take antacids along with the potassium supplement. Tablets should not be crushed, broken, or sucked.
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