The nurse is caring for a client with gastritis who will undergo a nuclear medicine GI bleeding study in the morning. What instruction for preparation does the nurse give the client?
a. "You cannot eat anything after midnight."
b. "You should drink several glasses of water in the morning."
c. "You must make arrangements for transportation home."
d. "No special preparations are required for this test."
D
No special preparations are required for this test, so the client is not required to be NPO or to drink several glasses of water. Sedation is not used, so the client does not need to find transportation home.
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