A nurse working in the sports medicine complex is counseling a female college athlete about dietary concerns. Which of the following recommendations should be included in the teaching?
1. "It is important for you to drink about a liter of fluid each day."
2. "You should be drinking four to five glasses of water every day."
3. "A woman your age needs to drink nearly 3 liters of fluid a day."
4. "Now that you've finished growing, you don't need as much fluid as you did before."
ANS: 3
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