A client is scheduled to have dialysis in 30 minutes and is due for the following medications: vitamin C, B-complex vitamin, and cimetidine (Tagamet). Which action by the nurse is best?
a. Give medications with a small sip of wa-ter.
b. Hold all medications until after dialysis.
c. Give the supplements, but hold the Taga-met.
d. Give the Tagamet, but hold the supple-ments.
B
All three medications are dialyzable, meaning that they will be removed by the dialysis. They should be given after the treatment is over.
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