1600 Nutrition Quiz

A patient is malnourished. What is the priority nursing intervention?

Determine the patient's food preferences

Which activity of a nutritional assessment can be delegated to the unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP)?

Obtaining the patient's height and weight

When caloric energy is inadequate, what does the body use for energy?

Protein

Obesity in children is an ever-worsening problem. What concept should a nurse consider when caring for school-aged children who are obese?

There are familial influences on childhood eating habits.

Which statement by the new graduate nurse about nutritional assessment requires clarification by the student's mentor?

"A complete nutritional assessment must be completed on every patient admitted to the hospital."

The nurse is caring for a client who is scheduled for a gastric bypass to treat morbid obesity. Which statement by the client indicates a good understanding of preventing dumping syndrome after meals? Select all that apply.

"I will not drink fluids when I eat meals." "I will avoid sweetened foods." "I will eat small, frequent meals instead of three large meals a day."

The nurse is providing teaching about the risk factors for malnutrition for a group of older adults. What factors does the nurse emphasize in the teaching plan? (Select all that apply)

Fatigue Depression Poor dental health Lack of Transportation

A client is being considered for bariatric surgery. Which client health problem does the nurse identify as consistent with morbid obesity?

Hypoventilation Syndrome

The nurse understands that research demonstrates that malnutrition occurs in as many as 50% of hospitalized clients. The nurse should assess a postoperative client with anorexia for what sign of malnutrition?

Delayed Wound Healing

Six weeks after discharge, a client with a jejunoileal bypass for morbid obesity returns to the outpatient clinic reporting palpitations, abdominal cramps, diarrhea, and dizziness 30 minutes after meals. What complication should the nurse consider that the client is most likely experiencing?

Dumping Syndrome

A 17-year-old client is admitted to the hospital because of weight loss and malnutrition, and the primary healthcare provider diagnoses anorexia nervosa. After the client's physical condition is stabilized, the provider, in conjunction with the client and parents, institutes a behavior-modification program. What component of behavior modification verbalized by parents leads the nurse to conclude that the parent has an understanding of the therapy?

Rewarding positive behavior