Exam 11: Nutritional Assessment

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

Which of the following measurements is an early indicator of protein malnutrition?

A 40-year-old man has had a recent weight loss of 20 pounds because of a quick loss diet and stress.He tells the nurse that he keeps getting "colds and the flu." In addition to assessing his nutrition status,the nurse would also want to obtain which laboratory report?

When considering a nutritional assessment,the nurse is aware that the most common anthropometric measurements include:

If a 29-year-old woman weighs 146 pounds and the nurse determines her ideal body weight to be 120 pounds,how would the nurse classify the woman's weight?

Which of the following statements is true concerning the nutritional assessment?

The nurse is performing a nutritional assessment on an 80-year-old patient.The nurse knows that physiologic changes that directly affect the nutritional status of the elderly include:

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

The nurse is concerned about the skeletal protein reserves of a patient who has been hospitalized frequently for chronic lung disease.Which of the following measurements would be necessary to include in the assessment?

Which of the following best describes the technique for measuring frame size?

The nurse is seeing a patient for the first time who has no history of nutrition-related problems.The initial nutritional screening should include which of the following?

A 50-year-old woman with elevated serum,total cholesterol,and triglyceride levels is visiting the clinic today to find out about her laboratory results.What would be important for the nurse to include in patient teaching in relation to these tests?

The nurse needs to determine the body mass index of an 80-year-old man who is confined to a wheelchair.Which of the following is true in this situation?

Which of the following conditions is due to an inadequate intake of both protein and calories?

The nurse recognizes that which of the following persons is at greatest risk for undernutrition?

After completing a diet assessment on a 30-year-old woman,the nurse suspects that she may be deficient in iron.Laboratory studies to obtain to verify this condition would be:

Which of the following factors is most likely to affect the nutritional status of an 82-year-old person?

When the mid upper arm circumference and triceps skinfold of an 82-year-old man are evaluated,it is important to remember that:

A pregnant woman is interested in breast-feeding her baby,and asks several questions about the topic.Which information is appropriate for the nurse to share with her?

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