Practice Question
A low-sodium diet is prescribed for a client who has fluid volume overload due to chronic heart failure. The nurse recognizes that additional teaching is necessary when the client makes which statement?
Answer Choices:
Correct Answer:
"l can eat whatever I want in restaurants, as long as I don't add additional salt from the shaker when the food arrives to the table."
Rationale:
🔷 Clients on a low-sodium diet must be educated that restaurant and processed foods are often high in sodium, even without visibly adding salt.
🔷Assuming food is "safe" because no extra salt is added ignores hidden sodium content in sauces, seasonings, and preparation methods.
🔷This misconception indicates the client needs additional education about hidden sources of sodium, especially when dining out.
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This question is from RN Medsurg Quiz 7 which contains 22 questions.
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Answer Choices:
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Answer Choices:
A. Transport the patient to the cardiac catheterization lab for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).
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C. Prepare the patient for synchronized cardioversion and radiofrequency catheter ablation.
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Answer Choices:
A. We excess ADAMTS-13 from your plasma
B. Large von Willebrand factor molecules from your plasma
C. Macrophages from your spleen
D. Perform it once a week until your platelet counts normalize.
A nurse is providing education to a client with heart failure who will begin taking digoxin daily at home. Which of the following statements made by the client indicates an understanding of the teaching? (Select all that apply.)
Answer Choices:
A. This medication improves cardiac output by increasing the heart rate.
B. I will hold my dose and call my doctor if my heart rate is less than 60 beats per minute.
C. If I forget my daily dose, I will take a double dose the next day
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Question Details
- Category: RN Nursing Exam(s)
- Subcategory: ATI Exam(s)
- Domain: RN ATI MedSurg
- Answer Choices: 4