You are doing discharge teaching with a patient diagnosed with heart failure. What would you teach this patient to do to assess fluid balance?
A) Monitor blood pressure
B) Assess radial pulses
C) Monitor weight daily
D) Monitor bowel movements
Ans: C
Feedback: To monitor fluid balance at home, daily weights at the same time every day can be a good indicator of fluid balance. Assessing radial pulses and monitoring the blood pressure may be done, but they do not provide information about fluid balance.
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