Exam 17: Nutrition Care and Assessment

An extensive, accurate log of foods eaten over a period of several days or weeks is called a ____. ​

Where do clinical signs of malnutrition appear most rapidly? ​

Elevated levels of ____ may indicate liver damage.

A patient's ability to feed him or herself represents which type of data? ​

What is a social factor that can affect food choices?

Explain why serum proteins are used as part of biochemical assessment measurements and list three examples. ​

The neuropsychological problems assessed in the Mini Nutritional Assessment include ____. ​

The provision of a client's nutrient and nutrition education needs based on a complete nutrition assessment is ____.

Clinical judgments about actual or potential health problems that provide the basis for selecting appropriate nursing interventions are called ____. ​

White blood cells that have the ability to engulf and destroy pathogens are known as ____. ​

Which protein is the most abundant plasma protein? ​

Discuss the role of nurses on the nutrition care team and list five nutrition-related nursing diagnoses. ​

Impaired nutrient digestion and absorption that affects nutritional status would most likely be manifested as ____. ​

Growth charts with BMI-for-age percentiles can be used to assess risk of underweight using the ____ percentile as the cutoff.

Which type of cell releases proteins that damage parasites? ​

The physician asks the staff to encourage the patient to eat at all meals. Who is most often responsible for doing this? ​

Coordinated programs of treatment that merge the care plans of different health care professionals are called ____.