What should the nurse caution the patient to do while taking a liquid iron preparation?
a. Put the iron preparation in milk.
b. Put the iron preparation over ice.
c. Dilute the iron preparation with water and drink it with a straw.
d. Take the iron preparation with an antacid.
ANS: C
Liquid preparations of iron can discolor teeth and should be taken through a straw after dilution with liquids. Absorption of oral iron is inhibited by antacids, milk, and eggs. The liquid preparation of Feosol cannot be mixed with juice.
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