The nurse should encourage a client being treated with corticosteroids for an autoimmune disease to have frequent examinations by an ophthalmologist because corticosteroids increase the risk of:
A) muscle weakness secondary to hypokalemia.
B) glaucoma.
C) sodium and water retention.
D) bone fractures.
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