Question

A diet that contains restricted amounts of protein, sodium, and potassium has been prescribed for a client with end-stage renal disease who is receiving dialysis. The nurse is providing dietary instructions and evaluates that the teaching is effective when the client makes which statement?

Answer 1

Answer:

"I should avoid using salt substitutes."

Explanation:

The patient, exposed in the question, should avoid salt and its substances in their diet. This is because this patient's kidneys are already very fragile due to illness and salt makes the kidneys even more shaken.

A study at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands focused on 45 patients already suffering from chronic kidney failure, a problem marked by progressive loss of kidney function that causes fatigue, nausea, dry skin, pain… Scientists basically asked for some of the volunteers to reduce their sodium intake over four eight-week periods.  The results showed that cutting excess salt decreased the loss of certain proteins in the kidneys, an indicator doctors use to check for disease progression. In fact, another part of the participants received doses of a drug that activates vitamin D receptors, but its effectiveness was much less expressive. That is, the simple act of not abusing the salt in question would be more effective than taking this medicine.

For this reason, we can conclude that a patient who understands that he should avoid salt and substitutes in his diet is well informed about the disease.