A client diagnosed with AIDS has developed oral candidiasis. To best manage this opportunistic infection, the home health nurse educates the client's family to: Select all that apply
1. Avoid offering the client salty popcorn.
2. Allow the client's soup to cool before serving it.
3. Provide the client with a variety of his favorite beverages.
4. Offer to quit smoking with the client.
5. Assist the client with oral care three times a day.
1. Avoid offering the client salty popcorn.
2. Allow the client's soup to cool before serving it.
3. Provide the client with a variety of his favorite beverages.
4. Offer to quit smoking with the client.
Rationale: Avoid offering the client salty popcorn. Collaborate with patient and family to plan a menu that avoids salty, spicy, acidic, or abrasive foods. Allow the client's soup to cool before serving it. Foods that are extreme in temperature should be avoided in order to decrease aggravation of oral lesions. Provide the client with a variety of his favorite beverages. The family should encourage the client to have fluid intake of >2,500 oz/day if not contraindicated in order to maintain hydration and keep mucous membranes moist. Offer to quit smoking with the client. By offering to quit smoking with the client, they are encouraging him to avoid smoking, thus decreasing the drying and irritation to mucous membranes. Assist the client with oral care three times a day. Assist with oral care every 2 hours by rinsing oral mucosa with saline and dilute hydrogen peroxide solution; this decreases spread of lesions.
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