What action is most important for the nurse to teach the client who is at continuing risk for mild hypernatremia to take to prevent hypernatremia?
A. "Weigh yourself every morning and every night."
B. "Check your pulse and rhythm every morning and every night."
C. "Read the labels of all packaged foods to determine the sodium content."
D. "When you prepare meals, try to bake or grill the food rather than frying it."
C
Most prepackaged foods have a high sodium content. Many clients do not know how to deter-mine the sodium content of such food. Teaching the client how to read the labels and calculate the sodium content of food can help him or her adhere to the prescribed sodium restriction and prevent hypernatremia. Daily weights and checking the pulse are methods of identifying manife-stations of hypernatremia but do not prevent it. It is the addition of substances during cooking that increase the sodium content of a meal, not the method of cooking.
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