The client taking antibiotics calls the clinic and tells the nurse the client has diarrhea. Which interventions should the nurse implement? Select all that apply
. 1. Recommend the client take lactobacillus (Bacid), an antidiarrheal agent. 2. Explain diarrhea is a side effect of antibiotics and should be reported to health-care provider. 3. Ask the client if he or she has had any type of bad-tasting or -smelling food. 4. Instruct the client to quit taking the antibiotic for 24 hours, and then start taking again. 5. Tell client to take one diphenoxylate/atropine (Lomotil) after each loose stool up to 8 a day
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