The nurse is planning to teach an older patient about diverticulitis. What topic does the nurse include?
a. Dietary fiber and fluids will reduce the symptoms.
b. It is unusual to see diverticula in older persons.
c. Abdominal cramping and severe diarrhea should be reported.
d. Diverticulosis rarely reoccurs once it has been treated.
A
Teaching should include the need to eat high-fiber foods and the importance of achieving and maintaining adequate fluid status. Patients should be encouraged to consume up to 2000 mL of fluids each day, unless contraindicated by cardiac status. Older people have diverticulitis com-monly. Abdominal cramping and diarrhea are expected findings. Diverticulitis usually reoccurs.
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