The Nurse Is Caring for a Patient with a Duodenal $(\mathrm{HCl})$

Multiple Choice

The nurse is caring for a patient with a duodenal ulcer and is relating the patients symptoms to the physiologic functions of the small intestine. What do these functions include? Select all that apply.

A) Secretion of hydrochloric acid $(\mathrm{HCl})$
B) Reabsorption of water
C) Secretion of mucus
D) Absorption of nutrients
E) Movement of nutrients into the bloodstream