The client with right heart failure asks the nurse to explain the necessity of taking a daily weight. What would be the nurse's best response?
A. "Weight is the best indication that you are gaining or losing fluid."
B. "Weighing you every day will help us adjust your medication."
C. "It is required that all inpatients be weighed daily."
D. "Being overweight contributes to heart failure."
A
Daily weights are needed to document fluid retention because the presence of edema is not a re-liable sign of heart failure.
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A) Long bones B) Short bones C) Flat bones D) Irregular bones