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A patient is admitted to the medical-surgical floor with complaints of abdominal pain and diarrhea for the past 4 days. The physician has ordered the patient diphenoxylate with atropine, promethazine, and ranitidine along with an X-ray of the abdomen 1. Why would the diphenoxylate with atropine be ordered for this patient? 2. What teaching would need to be included with the administration of this medication? 3. Why would the physician add promethazine to the patient’s medication list? 4. What are the side effects and adverse reactions to promethazine? How would your patient look if they were having an adverse reaction? 5. What classification is ranitidine? What is this drug used for? 6. What teaching needs to be included for ranitidine? 7. Why would the physician order ranitidine over metoclopramide? 8. What assessment will tell the nurse that the diphenoxylate with atropine is working? The promethazine? The ranitidine?
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