The nurse is caring for a patient with a history of systemic lupus erythematosus who has been recently diagnosed with ESRD
The patient has an elevated phosphorus level and has been prescribed calcium acetate to bind the phosphorus. What is an important instruction that the nurse should give the patient about how to take the prescribed phosphorus-binding medication?
A) Only when needed
B) Daily at bedtime
C) One hour prior to meals
D) With each meal
Ans: D
Feedback: Both calcium carbonate and calcium acetate are medications that bind with the phosphate and assist in excreting the phosphate from the body, in turn lowering the phosphate levels. Phosphate-binding medications must be administered with food to be effective. Therefore options A, B, and C are incorrect.
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