Exam 12: Nutritional Assessment and Nursing Practice

The nurse is assessing an obese patient for signs of metabolic syndrome.This condition is diagnosed when three or more risk factors are present.Which of the following are risk factors for metabolic syndrome? Select all that apply.

When assessing a patient's nutritional status,the nurse recalls that the best definition of optimal nutritional status is the consumption of:

A 40-year-old woman with a waist-hip ratio of 1.2 is considered:

Which of the following interventions is most appropriate when the nurse is planning nutritional interventions for a healthy,active 74-year-old woman?

During nutritional assessment,why is it important for the nurse to ask a patient what medications he or she is taking?

To obtain an accurate nitrogen balance index,the nurse must ensure that:

A patient is asked to indicate on a form how many times he eats a specific food.Which of the following methods for obtaining dietary information does this reflect?

Which of the following is a side effect of energy boosting drinks (for example,Red Bull)?

Which of the following statements about routine laboratory testing is true in the following individuals?

The nurse is evaluating patients for obesity-related diseases.Which one of the following would be at increased risk?

Which of the following persons does the nurse recognize to be at greatest risk for undernutrition?

When assessing a 49-year-old woman with imbalanced nutrition as a result of dysphagia,which of the following data would the nurse expect to find?

The nurse is assessing a 30-year-old unemployed immigrant from a developing country who has been in Canada for 1 month.Which of the following problems related to his nutritional status might the nurse expect to find?

The mother of an 8-year-old boy is concerned about her son's weight gain.To determine whether this is a problem,the nurse will measure:

Which of the following is an adverse effect that can occur with the use of anabolic steroids?

Excessive weight gain during pregnancy places the mother at risk for which of the following?

A 21-year-old woman has been on a low-protein,low-calorie liquid diet for the past 2 months.She appears well nourished.With further assessment,what would the nurse expect to find?

In teaching a patient how to determine total body fat at home,the nurse includes instructions to obtain measurements of:

A 16-year-old girl is at the clinic for gastrointestinal complaints and weight loss.The nurse determines that many of her complaints may be related to erratic eating patterns,eating mostly fast foods,and high caffeine intake.In this situation,which of the following is most appropriate when collecting current dietary intake information?

Which of the following individuals is most likely to have an anergic response to skin test antigens when immunity is being assessed?