Using evidence-based practice interventions for a patient with acute kidney injury, what should the nurse identify as being the best approach for fluid volume excess management?

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1. A sodium-restricted diet alone is not enough. The typical diet would also include potassium restriction and a calculated amount of protein.
2. Diuretics, once a mainstay of treatment, are being reconsidered as therapy because these medications, especially furosemide, are nephrotoxic.
3. The most effective interventions for fluid volume excess in the patient with acute kidney injury are fluid restriction and renal replacement therapies.
4. Plasmapheresis is a blood-purification procedure used to treat several autoimmune diseases and is not used for fluid volume excess generated by acute kidney injury.

Using Evidence-Based Practice Interventions for a Patient with Acute Kidney