A patient is prescribed a low-sodium, low-fat diet. How can the nurse best ensure that the patient follows the prescribed diet during hospitalization?
a) Make sure dietary services sends a low-sodium, low-fat meal tray.
b) Arrange for meals that accommodate his cultural dietary practices and specified diet.
c) Ask the patient's family to bring in from home the foods he typically eats.
d) Sit with the patient while he eats to make sure he consumes the prescribed diet.
Answer: b) Arrange for meals that accommodate his cultural dietary practices and specified diet.
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