The nurse is aware that the best predictor of a hypertensive patient complying with a low-sodium diet would be the fact that the patient:
a. has adequate knowledge about the diet.
b. is distressed about his illness.
c. has followed a weight reduction program and lost 15 pounds.
d. does not want to have hypertensive complications.
Question 2
The nurse takes into consideration that the success of instructions about a diabetic diet will be largely reliant on the:
a. clarity of the instructions.
b. severity of the disease.
c. timing of the instructions.
d. motivation of the patient.
Patient receiving ultrasound treatment to the left elbow.
Closed urinary drainage system. Urine being measured after it leaves patient’s body via catheter.
Hemodialysis. The process of hemodialysis replaces the kidney function of blood filtration by forcin
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Anatomy of the heart. Remember: It is labeled right and left based on the patient’s perspective.
Nurse using a stethoscope