Exam 43: Nursing Management Obesity

Which of the following topics is of most importance for the nurse to include when teaching a client about testing for possible metabolic syndrome?

What of the following specific information should the nurse include in client teaching for an overweight client who is starting a weight loss plan?

Which of the following client behaviours indicate that an overweight client has understood the nurse's teaching about the best exercise plan for weight loss?

The nurse obtains these assessment data for a client who has been taking orlistat for several months as part of a weight loss program. Which of the following findings is most important to report to the health care provider?

The nurse has completed teaching a client about the recommended amounts of foods from different food groups. Which of the following menu selections indicates that the initial instructions about health eating have been understood?

The nurse is providing nutritional teaching to a client who is to start on a very-low-calorie diet. Which of the following calorie amounts should the nurse tell the client that daily calories are not to exceed?

Which of the following clients in the clinic should the nurse plan to teach about risks associated with obesity?

The nurse is caring for a client who has undergone bariatric surgery and has just arrived on the unit from the recovery room. Which of the following actions should the nurse implement to promote tidal flow and reduce abdominal pressure?

The nurse is caring for a client who returns to the surgical nursing unit following a vertical banded gastroplasty with a nasogastric tube to low, intermittent suction and a patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) machine for pain control. Which of the following nursing actions should be included in the postoperative plan of care?

The nurse is collaborating with an obese client who is enrolled in a behaviour modification program. Which of the following nursing actions is best?

Which of the following information should the nurse plan to include in discharge teaching for a client after gastric bypass surgery?

Afew months after bariatric surgery, an older-adult client tells the nurse, "My skin is hanging in folds. I think I need cosmetic surgery." Which of the following responses by the nurse is best?

The nurse is developing a weight reduction plan for an obese client who wants to lose weight. Which of the following questions should the nurse ask first?

On the first postoperative day the nurse is caring for a client who has had a Roux-en-Y gastric bypass procedure. Which of the following assessment findings should be reported immediately to the surgeon?

A client who has been successfully losing 0.5 kg weekly for several months is weighed at the clinic and has not lost any weight for the last month. Which of the following actions should the nurse do first?

Which of the following assessments should the nurse do to help determine if an obese client seen in the clinic has metabolic syndrome?

Which of the following surgeries places the client at greatest risk of developing dumping syndrome postoperatively?

The nurse is developing a weight loss plan for a young adult client who is morbidly obese. Which of the following statements by the nurse is most likely to help the client in losing weight on the planned 1 000-calorie diet?

The nurse is planning preoperative teaching for a client undergoing a Roux-en-Y gastric bypass as treatment for morbid obesity. Which of the following interventions is priority?