Question

The nurse is providing instructions for home care for a client who has PUD (Peptic Ulcer Disease) and whose about to be discharged. The nurse plans to instruct the client who smokes that:

a) Smoking can improve ulcer healing.

b) Smoking has no effect on PUD.

c) Smoking may delay ulcer healing and increase the risk of recurrence.

d) Smoking decreases the risk of gastrointestinal bleeding.

Answer 1

Smoking may delay ulcer healing and increase the risk of recurrence.

Step-by-step explanation:

Smoking may delay ulcer healing and increase the risk of recurrence.