The nurse who is caring for a 23-year-old client with bulimia knows that the most common method of purging to monitor this client for is:
a. Vomiting
b. Starvation
c. Excessive enema use
d. Use of syrup of ipecac
A
Vomiting and the use of diuretics and laxatives are the most common methods of purging. Less often used are enemas and syrup of ipecac. Starvation is a typical behavior of anorexia nervosa.
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