Exam 9: Nutrition

A patient has xerostomia.What intervention should the nurse add to the patient's care plan?

An older patient asks why he needs a multivitamin supplement.The patient has always been healthy,has excellent nutrition,and has never needed vitamins.What explanation by the nurse is best?

The nurse notes a patient's prealbumin is 2 mg/dL.What action by the nurse is best?

An older adult patient has experienced severe nausea and vomiting for 2 days since undergoing abdominal surgery.What explanation to the family best explains this test?

The nurse assesses patients for drug-nutrient interactions.What medication/nutrition combination is problematic? (Select all that apply. )

The nurse is supervising unlicensed assistive personnel (UAPs)while they feed different residents at a nursing home.The nurse offers which suggestion to the UAP feeding a resident with apraxia of swallowing?

A nurse is caring for four patients.On which patient should the nurse plan to conduct a further nutritional assessment?

A nurse is caring for a vegetarian patient who has a protein deficiency.What menu items does the nurse select for the patient?

A patient is newly widowed and lives alone.Which suggestion by the nurse will help the adult children maximize the patient's nutritional status?

During a nutritional assessment,a 79-year-old patient responds,"My weight is fine.I weigh the same as I did 15 years ago." The nurse responds based on the understanding that older patients

A nurse visits an older adult living with family.The adult's lab results show a vitamin D deficiency.The adult refuses to take any more medications.What action by the nurse is best?

The nurse is caring for several patients on an inpatient unit who are either malnourished or at nutritional risk.Which patient would the nurse determine is a candidate for parenteral nutrition? (Select all that apply. )

The nurse has conducted a nutrition screen on a patient using the Nutrition Screening Initiative tool.The patient scored a 4.What action by the nurse is most appropriate?

The nurse conducting a food recall assessment on an older adult patient shows an understanding of the requirements of the process when doing which of the following?

The nurse caring for older adult patients best minimizes the patient's risk of developing dehydration by

A community nurse assesses participants at a senior center for risk of malnutrition.What senior does the nurse consider most at risk for malnutrition?

A patient has dysphasia.What assessment by the nurse would indicate that the priority goal for this problem has been met?

The nurse has admitted a patient with sarcopenia to the hospital for pneumonia.What action by the nurse takes priority?

A nurse works with a patient who is malnourished.What lab value does the nurse assess for the most up-to-date information on the patient's status?