What dietary teaching should be included in the discharge plan for a client with acute cholecystitis?
A. Instruct the client to limit oral intake to three meals per day.
B. Instruct the client to drink fluids between meals, rather that with meals.
C. Instruct the client to limit the dietary intake of fat to 35% of the daily calorie in-take.
D. Instruct the client to consume a low-fat diet consisting of smaller, more frequent meals.
D
Clients with acute cholecystitis are placed on small, frequent low-fat meals to decrease stimula-tion of the gallbladder, thus decreasing pain, nausea, and vomiting.
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