The nurse provides teaching regarding dietary intake of potassium to avoid an electrolyte imbalance when a patient

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Chronic heart failure causes increased secretion of aldosterone,which often causes hypokalemia by increasing renal excretion of potassium; most diuretics used to treat heart failure also increase renal excretion of potassium.Vitamin D and malabsorption of fat decreases absorption of calcium,not potassium.Chronic oliguric renal failure causes decreased excretion of potassium.An anorexic patient with chronic oliguric renal failure should not increase dietary potassium.

The Nurse Provides Teaching Regarding Dietary Intake of Potassium to Avoid