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A patient has been taking antibiotics to treat recurrent pneumonia. The patient is in the clinic after having diarrhea for 5 days with six to seven liquid stools each day. The primary care NP should:
 
  a. obtain a stool specimen and order vancomycin.
  b. order testing for Clostridium difficile and consider metronidazole therapy.
  c. prescribe diphenoxylate (Lomotil) to provide symptomatic relief.
  d. reassure the patient that diarrhea is a common side effect of antibiotic therapy.
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