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The Musculoskeletal System

The physician orders prednisone for a client with rheumatoid arthritis for painful wrists and joints. Which instruction is it essential for the nurse to give the client?

ExplanationCorticosteroids are very irritating to the stomach and are taken with food or milk to reduce the chance of ulcer development. The client will develop a puffy face from the steroid. This is not an indication to discontinue the drug. Steroids should not be stopped abruptly. They should always be tapered. Answer 4 is not true; the urine does not turn pinkish. Dilantin, an antiseizure drug, may turn the urine pinkish.