A toddler has been diagnosed with short bowel syndrome because of a past history of necrotizing enterocolitis. The nurse should encourage the parents to do all of the following except:
1. Give the child juice at least once a day to help with Vitamin C consumption.
2. Give enteral feedings.
3. Introduce solid food.
4. Keep follow-up appointments.
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1. Juice may cause more diarrhea and should be avoided.
2. The child may need to have enteral feedings to increase the calorie content for growth because of the lack of absorption in the GI tract.
3. Solid food should be started slowly and be in higher calorie content because of the lack of absorption for the GI tract.
4. Appointments are needed to make sure the child is growing and receiving the proper nutritional content.
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