A Patient with Heart Failure Is Learning to Reduce Salt

question 17

Multiple Choice

A patient with heart failure is learning to reduce salt in the diet. When will be the best time for the nurse to address this topic?

• A) At bedtime, while the patient is relaxed
• B) At bath time, when the nurse is cleaning the patient
• C) At lunchtime, while the nurse is preparing the food tray
• D) At medication time, when the nurse is administering patient medication

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Definitions:

Hemisphere

Half of a spherical or roughly spherical structure, especially one of the two halves of the brain.

Stem Cells

Undifferentiated cells capable of giving rise to various other cell types or tissues in the body, involved in growth, repair, and development.

Neurons

Specialized cells in the nervous system that transmit information to other cells through electrical and chemical signals.

Glia Cells

Non-neuronal cells in the central and peripheral nervous systems that do not produce electrical impulses but are responsible for support and maintenance of neural cells.