In assessing a patient with increased aldosterone, the nurse recognizes which actions of this hormone?

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Aldosterone primarily increases sodium reabsorption in the kidneys, which indirectly leads to water retention and increased blood volume. It does not directly affect potassium sodium reabsorption as a combined entity, calcium reabsorption, or glucose reabsorption in the ways described in the other options.

In Assessing a Patient with Increased Aldosterone, the Nurse Recognizes