While instructing a patient with ascites on dietary modification, the nurse will discuss the patient's need to restrict:
A) Potassium
B) Sodium
C) Calcium
D) Glucose
Ans: B
Feedback: The patient with ascites will be instructed to avoid sodium. Table salt, salty foods, salted butter and margarine, and all ordinary canned and frozen foods not specifically prepared for low-sodium diets should be avoided. The patient with ascites has no need to restrict potassium, calcium, or glucose unless there is a co-existing condition unrelated to ascites that requires such a restriction.
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