A client with cholelithiasis is in the clinic for assessment. The nurse should instruct the client to make which lifestyle modification?
1. Reduce sodium intake
2. Increase fluids
3. Decrease smoking
4. Decrease fat consumption
4. Decrease fat consumption
Rationale:
The client who is experiencing cholelithiasis should be instructed on the relationship between increased fat consumption and the severity of pain associated with cholelithiasis. While all clients should be instructed to reduce sodium intake, decreasing sodium will not assist in reducing cholelithiasis or its pain. Increasing fluids will not assist in reducing cholelithiasis or its pain. While all clients should cease smoking, it has no relationship to cholelithiasis.
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