A client with inflammatory bowel disease is prescribed budesonide (Entocort-EC) and asks why this drug is ordered. The nurse correctly explains:

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Rationale 1: The nurse must know the rationale for medications and must articulate this to the client as part of client education.
Rationale 2: This response does not give the client any information.
Rationale 3: Budesonide is a locally acting anti-inflammatory without significant systemic effects.
Rationale 4: Budesonide does not prevent system wide inflammation.

A Client with Inflammatory Bowel Disease Is Prescribed Budesonide (Entocort-EC)