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A health care provider has written the following order: Mylanta 30 mL PO 30 minutes ac. How should the nurse giving this medication interpret this order? (Select all that apply.)
 
  a. Administer by mouth 30 minutes before meals.
  b. Administer by mouth 30 minutes after meals.
  c. Administer by mouth with no regard to meals.
  d. Administer medication, eat in 30 minutes.
  e. Take 30 minutes to eat, then take medication.
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6 years ago
ANS: A, D
A common abbreviation used for the direction of medication and meals is ac (ante cibum), which means before meals. The abbreviation PO means by mouth.
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