The nurse is providing dietary education to a patient with nephrotic syndrome. Which dietary change does the nurse counsel the patient to make?

Decrease sodium intake. Patients with nephrotic syndrome are at an increased risk for significant edema. Limiting sodium intake will improve edema. Increased dietary salt intake will worsen edema. Protein restriction may slow the disease; however, patients often become protein deficient because of the heavy urine losses, so severely restricting dietary protein is not recommended. Increasing protein intake is not recommended unless treating severe protein deficiency. Potassium intake should be individualized to the patient.

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