Exam 12: Nutritional Assessment and Nursing Practice

A mother and her 13-year-old daughter express their concern about the daughter's recent weight gain and increase in appetite.Which of the following should the nurse discuss with them?

Which of the following statements about nutritional assessment is true?

A patient tells the nurse that he does not find any food tasty any more.The nurse's best response would be:

The nurse is providing care to a 68-year-old woman who is complaining of constipation.What concern exists regarding her nutritional status?

A 50-year-old woman is visiting the clinic today to find out about her laboratory results,which show elevated total cholesterol and serum triglyceride levels.What would be important for the nurse to include in patient education in relation to these results?

When considering nutritional assessment,the nurse is aware that the most common anthropometric measurements include:

Which of the following measurements is an early indicator of protein malnutrition?

The nurse is providing nutrition information to the mother of a 1-year-old child.Which of the following statements represents accurate information for this age group?

A 65-year-old man is brought to the emergency department after he was found dazed and incoherent,alone in his apartment.He has an enlarged liver and is moderately dehydrated.When evaluating his serum albumin level,the nurse must keep in mind that:

After completing nutritional assessment on a 30-year-old woman,the nurse suspects that she may have iron deficiency.Laboratory studies that will verify this condition are:

Which of the following waist measurements places the patient at risk of cardiovascular and metabolic disease?

If a 29-year-old woman has a body mass index (BMI)of 32,how would the nurse classify the woman's weight?

During the nutritional assessment of a 22-year-old male refugee,the nurse must remember to:

The nurse is discussing appropriate foods for a 3-year-old child with the mother.Which of the following foods can be recommended?

A pregnant woman is interested in breastfeeding her baby and asks several questions about it.Which of the following would be appropriate information the nurse should provide?

Which of the following statements about evaluating the results of laboratory tests is true?

Which of the following factors is most likely to affect the nutritional status of an 82-year-old person?

A patient is at the clinic on his first visit and reports no history of nutrition-related problems.Which of the following should the initial nutritional screening include?

The nurse is performing nutritional assessment on a 15-year-old girl,who tells the nurse that she is "so fat." Assessment reveals that she is 160 cm (5 ft 4 in. )tall and weighs 50 kg (110 lb).The nurse's appropriate response would be:

The nurse is performing nutritional assessment on an 80-year-old patient.The nurse knows that physiological changes that directly affect the nutritional status of the older adult include: