Exam 19: Nutritional Concepts and Related Therapies

When reviewing a patient's dietary intake,the nurse recommends that sugar consumption be reduced to the recommended daily level.What is this level?

A school nurse is teaching a group of adolescents about adequate nutrition.What increased intake should the nurse encourage?

The nurse makes nutrition a focus in the care plan.Where does nutrition play the most important role?

A fit,young woman was at zero nitrogen balance.The nurse discovers that this patient is now pregnant with her first child.For what is this patient at risk?

The nurse has assessed a patient's body mass index (BMI)to be 19.6.This assessment of weight versus height indicates that this patient's weight category is in which category?

What are elements that are found in food and necessary for good health but that the body cannot make?

The nurse is counseling a patient about the difference between type 1 and type 2 diabetes.What should the nurse stress that patients with type 2 diabetes are required to receive on a daily basis?

The patient who had a gastrostomy complains to the nurse about frequent episodes of dumping syndrome.What can the nurse recommend to this patient to decrease this problem?

How many kcal/g does 1 g of alcohol provide?

What is the body's storage form of carbohydrates,usually found in the liver with some storage in the muscles?

What eating disorder is characterized by body image distortion,excessive exercise,and vicarious enjoyment of food?

A patient taking a diuretic is assessed by the nurse as having an erratic pulse and muscle weakness.What should the nurse suspect is deficient?

The nurse is educating a group of high school students regarding nutrition.How should the nurse respond when the students ask what occurs when protein,mineral,iron,and fat combine?

Which are the energy-providing food groups? (Select all that apply.)

The nurse is explaining the activity recommendations from the USDA's new MyPlate plan.What is the minimum amount of moderate weekly exercise needed to balance nutritional intake?

The nurse cautions a patient with a pancreatic disorder that will interfere with the digestion of fats and may lead to a clotting disorder.What is the cause of these potential problems?

The body mass index (BMI)of a man 6 feet tall weighing 250 pounds is _______.

A patient who has hypertension is complaining about the lack of taste with the low- sodium diet that has been prescribed.What should the nurse emphasize that sodium may do?

The nurse teaches a patient who has a nonfunctioning or dysfunctional GI tract that total parenteral nutrition (TPN)will be infused.Where will the infusion occur?

When discussing the digestion and metabolism of fat,the nurse tells the patient who has a history of cholecystitis and who is on a low-fat diet that fat must be emulsified to be digested.What is the substance necessary for emulsification?