Diabetes Teaching 1423

Charting language
The patient was instructed in diabetes insipidus in how to measure and record intake and output, stressing that intake should equal output. The patient was taught to check the urine’s specific gravity. The patient was advised to avoid fluids that may have diuretic effects, coffee, tea, alcohol.

Reviewed November 2017

Reviewed for general reference only. Adapt to your patient, agency policy, and scope of practice.