The nurse is providing discharge education to a patient with hemochromatosis. Which of the following statements by the patient indicates teaching was effective?

“I will miss my weekly liver and onions.”. The patient with hemochromatosis has excessive iron stores. Therefore, the patient must make dietary changes to limit iron intake; this includes eating red meat and organ meats, such as liver. The patient does not need to limit dietary vitamin C intake, but vitamin C supplements should be avoided as it can facilitate dietary iron uptake. There is no reason for the patient to limit dark, leafy green vegetables.

The nurse is providing discharge education to a patient with hemo...

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