Using the identified nutrition problems (and with the understanding that Mrs. Caldwell has received a significant amount of nutrition education in the past),
what would you determine to be the most important topics for nutrition education when she returns to the PD clinic?
Review of basic guidelines for phosphorous and potassium restriction (discussing high- and low-forms of food); encouragement of adequate kilocalories and protein with suggestions to maximize PO intake in face of her current symptoms of nausea and dysgeusia.
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