Identify the diet change recommendation by the nurse that best helps reduce the cramping experienced by a client who is diagnosed with chronic renal failure and has severe abdominal and leg cramping during hemodialysis treatments
a. You need to increase your fluid intake between treatments to 4 liters per day.
b. Restrict your potassium intake to 80 mEq per meal.
c. Your fluid intake should not exceed 1 liter per 24 hours.
d. Low biological quality protein foods will help reduce muscle spasms.
C
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1. an adrenergic agonist 2. a beta-blocker 3. a calcium channel blocker 4. an antibiotic
A patient is scheduled to have an endometrial biopsy. After the nurse provides education concerning the test, which patient statement indicates an understanding of the procedure?
1. "I may need a strong pain medication for the first several days after the test." 2. "I may not have a regular menstrual cycle for 3 to 6 months after the test." 3. "If I have bleeding after the procedure I can use junior-size tampons." 4. "I should avoid sexual intercourse in the days following the procedure."
A postoperative client has a Salem sump nasogastric tube in place. The tube is to be clamped for four hours, reconnected to low intermittent suction for one hour, and then clamped again for four hours
The client reports increasing nausea after the tube has been clamped for three hours. An appropriate action by the nurse at this time is to: 1. Irrigate the nasogastric tube with 30 milliliters of normal saline. 2. Recheck the position of the nasogastric tube by aspirating for stomach contents. 3. Unclamp the nasogastric tube and reconnect it to low, intermittent suction. 4. Encourage the client to take deep breaths to decrease nausea, and maintain the clamped tube.