A Patient Diagnosed with Chronic Compensated Heart Failure Reports That,"My

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Multiple Choice

A patient diagnosed with chronic compensated heart failure reports that,"My feet swell if I eat salt but I don't understand why" The nurse's best response is

• A) "Salt holds water in your blood and makes more pressure against your blood vessels, so fluid leaks out into your tissues and makes them swell."
• B) "Gravity makes more pressure down by your feet than up at the top of your body, so more fluid leaks into your tissues at your feet and they swell."
• C) "Salt makes your blood vessels relax and the blood does not flow as fast, so some of it leaks into your tissues and makes swelling."
• D) "Salt binds to the proteins in your blood and changes the osmotic pressure so more fluid can leak out and stay in the tissues, causing swelling."

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