A client with a perforated duodenal ulcer: 1. requires an EGD to repair the perforation. 2. may need diet modification after surgery. 3. will have a vagotomy performed. 4. may experience an increased...

A client with a perforated duodenal ulcer:

1. requires an EGD to repair the perforation.

2. may need diet modification after surgery.

3. will have a vagotomy performed.

4. may experience an increased risk for cholecystitis.

Clients with hepatitis C:

1. should be instructed that all the mechanisms of transmission are not known.

2. will have a negative HCV if they are a carrier.

3. should be instructed that recombinant interferon alpha-2b will cure hepatitis C.

4. are not contagious until symptoms develop.