The nurse teaches a patient with heart failure nonpharmacological strategies to improve quality of life. What should be included in these instructions? Select all that apply.

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1. One nonpharmacological strategy to improve the quality of life in a patient with heart failure is to stop smoking.
2. Salt intake should be restricted to 1.5 to 3 grams per day.
3. Weight reduction in obese patients is a nonpharmacological strategy to improve the quality of life in the patient with heart failure.
4. Aerobic exercise training, particularly long term, can reverse left ventricular remodeling in clinically stable heart failure patients. Limitation of activities may be advised for individuals in acute decompensated failure, and most patients should not participate in exhaustive sports or heavy labor.
5. To improve the quality of life in patients with heart failure, alcohol intake should be restricted.

The Nurse Teaches a Patient with Heart Failure Nonpharmacological Strategies