The nurse is providing discharge education to a patient diagnosed with HF. What should the nurse teach this patient to do to assess her fluid balance in the home setting?
A) Monitor her blood pressure daily
B) Assess her radial pulses daily
C) Monitor her weight daily
D) Monitor her bowel movements
Ans: C
Feedback:
To assess fluid balance at home, the patient should monitor daily weights at the same time every day. Assessing radial pulses and monitoring the blood pressure may be done, but these measurements do not provide information about fluid balance. Bowel function is not indicative of fluid balance.
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