When counseling a client with chronic renal failure, the nurse should recommend that 50% of dietary protein come from sources with high biological value, which contain all the essential amino acids necessary to sustain life. These foods include:
1. Eggs.
2. Dried beans.
3. Peanut butter.
4. Pasta.
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Rationale: Eggs, milk, meat, and fish are considered foods with high biological value. Dried beans and peanut butter are sources of protein but do not contain all of the necessary amino acids necessary to sustain life. Pasta is a carbohydrate and does not contain protein.
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a. Polycythemia. b. Carbon monoxide poisoning. c. Carotenemia. d. Uremia.
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a. "You will not be able to engage in sexual activity." b. "You can enjoy a satisfying sex life with some adaptation." c. "You eventually will return to the preinjury level of functioning." d. "You will become more sexually active after you recover from the injuries."
__________ is edema in body areas most affected by gravity, such as the feet, ankles, sacrum, or buttocks
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word