This video is about Lithium Question 2

QUESTION #2

A nurse was giving health teaching to a client newly prescribed with lithium medication. Which of the

following client statements indicates understanding about the medication?

A. “When my mood fluctuates, I can increase the dosage of the medication”

B. “I can still eat my favorite salty food”

C. “I can crush an extended-release tablet, if ever it will be difficult for me to take it whole by mouth”

D. “Drinking too much cranberry juice will help maintain a desirable lithium level”

 Clients under lithium therapy don’t need to limit their sodium intake, instead it is recommended to

keep salt intake the same as before prescription of the lithium medication.

 Increasing the dose of lithium without evaluating the client’s lab works can cause lithium toxicity,

overdose, and renal failure.

 Extended-release tablet should be taken whole, it is uniquely made to release the medication

slowly in the body, breaking the pill would cause the drug to be release at one time.

 Watermelon, cantaloupe, grapefruit juice, and cranberry juice will not therapeutically help in

maintaining desirable lithium level because of its diuretic effect.

The correct answer: is B

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