The nurse determines that teaching regarding cobalamin injections has been effective when the patient with chronic atrophic gastritis states which of the following?
a. "The cobalamin injections will prevent gastric inflammation."
b. "The cobalamin injections will prevent me from becoming anemic."
c. "These injections will increase the hydrochloric acid in my stomach."
d. "These injections will decrease my risk for developing stomach cancer."
b. "The cobalamin injections will prevent me from becoming anemic."
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