Exam 25: Energy - and Protein - Modified Diets for Cancer and HIV Infection

Mrs. Watson is a 55-year-old female with a family history of breast cancer. To reduce Mrs. Watson's risk of breast cancer, she is advised to _____.​

How might fruits and vegetables reduce the risks of some cancers?

Matching -candidiasis

Matching -buffalo hump

Matching -herpes simplex

Immunotherapy can interfere with nutritional status in all of the following ways except _____.​

A nurse is working with a cancer client who needs to add kcalories and protein to his diet. The best advice the nurse could offer would be to _____.

A cancer patient complains that foods just don't taste right. What is an appropriate recommendation to help the patient handle this problem?

Alcohol consumption correlates strongly with development of _____ cancer.

A durable power of attorney is used to _____.​

Which condition does not contribute to malnutrition in HIV infection?​

Explain reasons why HIV patients have reduced food intake.​

A female cancer patient tells the nurse that she has begun taking St. John's wort in conjunction with her cancer therapy. How should the nurse respond?​

A copy of any advance directive should be part of a client's medical record.​

Matching -malignant

Because of the symptoms Ms. Arther is experiencing, she is at risk for all of these conditions except _____.​

For a patient with chronic radiation enteritis, the best form of nutrition support is _____.​

In order to increase Ms. Arther's protein intake, you suggest that she consume _____ freely.

Matching -radiation therapy

To improve energy intake and compensate for weight loss during cancer treatment, clients should be encouraged to _____.