The nurse is teaching a patient with heart failure nonpharmacological strategies to improve quality of life
What will be included in these instructions? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Select all that apply. 1. Importance of smoking cessation
2. Reduce salt intake to 1 gram per day
3. Restrict caloric intake to attain recommended body weight
4. Attend cardiac rehabilitation sessions as prescribed
5. Ingest no more than three alcoholic drinks per day
1,3,4
Rationale 1: One nonpharmacological strategy to improve the quality of life in a patient with heart failure is to stop smoking.
Rationale 2: Salt intake should be restricted to 2 to 3 grams per day.
Rationale 3: Weight reduction in obese patients is a nonpharmacological strategy to improve the quality of life in the patient with heart failure.
Rationale 4: One nonpharmacological strategy to improve the quality of life in the patient with heart failure is to attend cardiac rehabilitation.
Rationale 5: To improve the quality of life in patients with heart failure, alcohol intake should be restricted.
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