The student nurse is preparing a teaching plan for a patient being discharged status post MI. What should the student include in the teaching plan? (Mark all that apply.)
A) Need for careful monitoring for cardiac symptoms
B) Need for carefully regulated exercise
C) Need for dietary modifications
D) Need for early resumption of prediagnosis activity
E) Need for increased fluid intake
Ans: A, B, C
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Dietary modifications, exercise, weight loss, and careful monitoring are important strategies for managing three major cardiovascular risk factors: hyperlipidemia, hypertension, and diabetes. There is no need to increase fluid intake and activity should be slowly and deliberately increased.
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