Successfully Teaching a Client with Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)

The nurse is instructing a client newly diagnosed with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) who has been prescribed omeprazole. What comment by the client indicates to the nurse that the teaching was successful?

1. "I should lay down after eating a big meal."

2. "Spicy food and caffeine might cause me pain."

3. "If the pain gets worse, I should take two pills."

4. "I will take the omeprazole whenever I have pain."

What comment by the client indicates to the nurse that the teaching was successful? The comment by the client that indicates successful teaching by the nurse is Spicy food and caffeine might cause me pain. So the correct option is option 2: "Spicy food and caffeine might cause me pain."
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