The nurse reviews a low-sodium diet with a client with heart failure. Which non-sodium food seasoning should the nurse recommend to this client?
a. Sauces
b. Marinades
c. Garlic with sea salt
d. Alternative spice mixtures
d. Alternative spice mixtures
Salt substitutes, spices, and low-sodium marinades or sauces may be a good substitution for patients who use salt often at the table. Commercially prepared sauces and marinades may contain hidden sources of sodium and should be avoided. Sea salt is not an alternative for table salt in a sodium-restricted diet.
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1. Sleeps when not bothered but arouses easily with stimuli 2. Impaired color, sensitivity, and movement to lower extremities 3. Nausea 4. Pain
Directions: Refer to the diagram of the syringes provided to answer the following questions
The nurse needs to withdraw 1.7 mL of medication into a syringe. The nurse fills the medication to which area on the syringe?
The graduate of a school of nursing has just been given the title registered nurse. This title will assure the public that the nurse has:
a. achieved excellence in nursing. b. at least minimal competence in nursing. c. membership in a professional organization. d. expertise in a specialty area.
The student nurse is providing an education program for preschool parents. The nursing student should include which intervention to improve the child's sleep?
A) The child should limit fluids after supper. B) The child should drink milk at bedtime. C) The parents should keep the child up until 10 PM. D) The child should sleep with the parents.