Exam 42: Nutrition

To counter obesity in adolescents,increasing physical activity is often more important than curbing intake.Sports and regular,moderate to intense exercise necessitate dietary modifications to meet increased energy needs for adolescents.The nurse understands that these modifications include which of the following?

The nurse is providing nutrition teaching to a Korean patient.In doing so,the nurse must understand that the focus of the teaching should be on which of the following?

To create a new nutritional plan of care for a patient,the nurse needs to do which of the following? (Select all that apply. )

The patient is an 80-year-old man who is visiting the clinic today for his routine physical examination.The patient's skin turgor is fair,but he has been complaining of fatigue and weakness.The skin is warm and dry,pulse rate is 126 beats per minute,and urinary sodium level is slightly elevated.After assessment,the nurse should recommend what to the patient?

The parent of an 8-year-old asks the nurse about any special nutritional needs for children in this age group.The nurse mentions that children in this age group need to do which of the following?

Before giving the patient an intermittent tube feeding,what should the nurse do?

The patient is an older woman and has been given a nursing diagnosis of Imbalanced nutrition: less than body requirements.What role should the nurse play in her treatment regimen?

In general,when energy requirements are completely met by kilocalorie intake in food,what happens?

The patient has just started enteral feedings but is complaining of abdominal cramping.What should the nurse do?

The patient states that she is a lacto-ovo-vegetarian.Which of the following types of food does a lacto-ovo-vegetarian consume?

The patient has been diagnosed with cardiovascular disease and placed on a low-fat diet.The patient asks the nurse,"How much fat should I have? I guess the less fat,the better." What does the nurse need to explain?

When inserting a nasoenteric tube,the nurse will rotate the tube how much?

In determining kcal expenditure,the nurse knows that carbohydrates and proteins provide 4 kcal of energy per gram ingested.The nurse also knows that fats provide how many kilocalories per gram?

The patient has a calculated body mass index (BMI)of 34.How would the patient be classified?

In providing diet education for a patient on a low-fat diet,it is important for the nurse to understand which of the following?

In measuring the effectiveness of nutritional interventions,what must the nurse remember?

The nurse is preparing to insert a nasogastric tube in a patient who is semiconscious.To determine the length of the tube needed to be inserted,the nurse measures what length?

To provide successful nutritional therapies to patients,what must the nurse understand?

When teaching a patient about current dietary guidelines for the general population,the nurse explains referenced daily intakes and daily reference values,otherwise known as daily values.In providing this information,the nurse understands what about daily values?

The energy needed to maintain life-sustaining activities for a specific period of time at rest is known as which of the following?