The nurse teaches the client's caregiver to monitor fluid balance at home. Which does the nurse include in client teaching?
1. Record the number of times the client urinates.
2. Disregard puddings or ice cream in oral intake record.
3. Record the amount of fluid loss, including perspiration.
4. Disregard stool because is contains a small fluid volume.
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2. The nurse instructs the caregiver to disregard the volume of pudding and ice cream as client fluid intake but instructs the caregiver to treat it as food intake.
1. The nurse instructs the caregiver to record the volume of urine output.
3. Perspiration is insensible fluid loss and cannot be measured; however, if the client has many episodes of heavy perspiration, the caregiver records the information for review.
4. Stool potentially contains significant amounts of water.
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