Editing Nutrition – LPN Practice Questions (section)

==Question 7==
A client is on a 2 g sodium diet. Which lunch selection indicates that the client understands the diet?
# Canned tomato soup with a grilled cheese sandwich
# Baked chicken breast with fresh green beans and a baked potato
# Ham sandwich with dill pickle spears and potato chips
# Hot dog with sauerkraut and canned baked beans

'''Answer:''' 2. Baked chicken breast with fresh green beans and a baked potato.

''Rationale:'' Fresh, unprocessed foods prepared without added salt are naturally low in sodium. The other options are built around the highest-sodium food categories: canned soup and processed cheese in option 1, cured meat, pickles, and salted chips in option 3, and processed meat, sauerkraut, and canned beans in option 4. The LPN can reinforce teaching that most dietary sodium comes from processed, canned, and restaurant food rather than the salt shaker, and that herbs, lemon, and salt-free seasoning blends add flavor safely. Salt substitutes should not be recommended without provider approval because they contain potassium.