A Nurse Is Providing Discharge Teaching for a Patient with a Fractured

A nurse is providing discharge teaching for a patient with a fractured humerus.The patient is going home with Vicodin (5/325) .What important patient education does the nurse provide?

A) "Be sure to eat a meal high in fat before taking the medication, to avoid a stomach ulcer."
B) "Narcotics can be addictive, so do not take them unless you are in severe pain."
C) "You need to drink plenty of fluids and eat a diet high in fiber."
D) "As your pain severity lessens, you will begin to give yourself once-daily intramuscular injections."

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