A patient has a decreased potassium level. What high-potassium foods would the nurse teach the patient to eat?
A) lunch meat, salted nuts, whole milk
B) buttermilk, hard candy, spinach
C) carbonated beverages, beer, olives
D) oranges, bananas, broccoli

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Oranges, bananas, and broccoli are all high in potassium and can help increase the patient's potassium levels. Lunch meat, salted nuts, whole milk, buttermilk, hard candy, spinach, carbonated beverages, beer, and olives are all low in potassium or can even worsen potassium levels.

A Patient Has a Decreased Potassium Level