Exam 12: Nutritional Assessment

A patient has been unable to eat solid food for 2 weeks and is in the clinic today complaining of weakness, tiredness, and hair loss.The patient states that her usual weight has been around 175 pounds, but today she weighs 161 pounds.What is her recent weight change percentage? To calculate recent weight change percentage, use this formula:

The nurse is discussing appropriate foods with the mother of a 3-year-old child.Which of these foods are recommended?

A pregnant woman is interested in breastfeeding her baby and asks several questions about it.Which information is appropriate for the nurse to share with her?

The nurse is performing a nutritional assessment on a 15-year-old girl, who tells the nurse that she is "so fat." Assessment reveals that she is 1.6 m tall and weighs 50 kg.An appropriate response from the nurse would be:

To gather the anthropometric waist measurement of the patient to calculate the waist-hip ratio, the nurse will:

During assessment of a 78-year-old patient taking multiple medications for various chronic conditions, the nurse is concerned that the patient is experiencing:

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

The nurse in a family practice clinic is reviewing the patients scheduled for appointments.Which of these statements is true regarding routine laboratory testing in the following individuals?

A 70-year-old female patient has been brought to the emergency department after a fall in her home.The patient is a widow and has become socially isolated.The nurse assesses the patient for undernutrition and radiography reveals that she has osteoporosis, which is a deficiency of:

A 21-year-old woman with extensive weight gain over the past 12 months, has a BMI of 38, indicating obesity.The nurse is concerned that she is at increased risk for:

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

The nurse is working with a number of patients with liver disease from excessive alcohol consumption.The nurse recognizes that these patients are at risk for:

During assessment, the nurse measures the patient's waist to be 76 cm and hips circumference to be 86 cm.Calculating the waist-hip ratio, the nurse determines the patient to be:

The nurse is evaluating patients for obesity-related diseases by calculating the waist-to-hip ratios.Which one of these patients would be at increased risk?

The nurse is reviewing the laboratory results for a 52-year-old male patient: fasting plasma glucose (FPG) 7.2 mmol/L; high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) 0.9 mmol/L; triglycerides 2 mmol/L.During assessment the patient's blood pressure (BP) is read as 145/88 mm Hg.His waist circumference is 110 cm, and the hip circumference is 98 cm.The nurse recognizes that the patient is at risk for:

The nurse is working with some of the city's homeless population.When assessing the 2-day-old surgical wound of one of the patients, the nurse is most concerned about:

A 22-year-old patient presents with chronic diarrhea, weight loss, fatigue, bloating, and cramps.Her hemoglobin laboratory results indicate anemia.The nurse suspects:

The nurse is assessing a 30-year-old immigrant from Nigeria who has been in Canada for 1 month and is unemployed.Which of these potential problems might the nurse expect to find as related to nutritional status?

A patient tells the nurse that he simply does not find any food tasty anymore.The best response by the nurse would be:

A 16-year-old girl is being seen 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 predominantly fast foods, and high caffeine intake.In this situation, which is most appropriate when collecting current dietary intake information?