A patient with lower extremity edema from heart failure is fatigued from constant sleep interruption to void.What should the nurse instruct the patient to promote uninterrupted rest?

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Patients will often void shortly after going to bed due to fluid in the legs returning to the heart and then the kidneys for filtering after they lie down.To help patients get as much undisturbed rest as possible,teach them to recline with their legs at or above heart level for at least 30 minutes before going to bed.Then they can void before going to bed,instead of soon after.A.B.C.These actions will cause the patient to have to get up to void frequently after going to bed.

A Patient with Lower Extremity Edema from Heart Failure Is