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A nurse is caring for a client who will undergo bariatric surgery. Which nutritional recommendation will the nurse include in the client teaching?

"Increase your intake of plant-based proteins."

What is the formula to calculate BMI?

BMI = weight (kg) / height (m^2)

A nurse geneticist is researching the gut microbiome and its relationship to disease. What is true regarding the microbiome? - It has over 100 times more genes than the human genome. - It is less diverse than human genome. - Its function has yet to be discovered. - It has over 10 times more genes than the human genome.

It has over 100 times more genes than the human genome.

A nurse researcher studies the pathophysiology and etiology of obesity. What does the nurse discover is true regarding the "thrifty gene" theory of obesity? - Over time, we have become efficient in food storage and deposition of fat stores. - A single gene mutation is responsible for the epidemic. - Over time, we have become less efficient in hunting and gathering of food. - Multiple mutations of genes over time have lead to the epidemic.

Over time, we have become efficient in food storage and deposition of fat stores.

A nurse works in a bariatric clinic and cares for client with obesity who will or have undergone bariatric surgery. What is the nurse's understanding of how the procedure works? - Restricts the client's ability to eat. - Impairs caloric absorption. - Restricts the client's ability to digest fat. - Impairs gastric motility.

Restricts the client's ability to eat

A nurse cares for a client who is post op bariatric surgery and the nurse offers the client a sugar-free beverage. What is the primary purpose of offering a sugar-free beverage? - These are less likely to cause dumping syndrome. - These are less likely to raise the blood sugar. - These ease nausea. - These ease gastric distention.

These are less likely to cause dumping syndrome.

A middle-aged obese female presents to the ED with severe radiating right-sided flank pain, nausea, vomiting, and fever. A likely cause of these symptoms is: - acute cholecystitis - hepatitis A - hepatitis B - pancreatitis

acute cholecycstitis

What does amylase do?

help digest carbohydrates

what does lipase do?

help digest fats

what does trypsin do?

help digest protein

A client who is postoperative open RYGB bariatric surgery is scheduled for discharge and will have a Jackson-Pratt drain to care for while at home. Which teaching will the nurse include specific to this? Select all that apply. - How to change the drain - How to empty the drain - Recording drainage amount - When to contact the health care provider - How to measure the drainage amount

- How to empty the drain - Recording drainage amount - When to contact the health care provider - How to measure the drainage amount

The nurse is admitting a client with traumatic injuries who also has class III obesity. When planning this client's care, the nurse should address the client's heightened risk of what nursing diagnoses related to obesity? Select all that apply. - Unilateral neglect - Impaired skin integrity - Bowel incontinence - Deficient fluid volume - Impaired gas exchange

- Impaired skin integrity - Impaired gas exchange

A nurse examines the socioeconomic impact of obesity among Americans. Which statements does the nurse understand is true? Select all that apply. - Those with less education are impacted at a greater prevalence of disease. - Education is not related to the prevalence of disease. - Those with less income are impacted at a greater prevalence of disease. - Income is not related to the prevalence of disease. - Those who own their own homes have a decreased prevalence of disease.

- Those with less education are impacted at a greater prevalence of disease. - Those with less income are impacted at a greater prevalence of disease.

When discussing lifestyle modifications with a client who has obesity, what caloric deficit should the nurse recommend in order for the client to safely lose weight? - 500-1,000 calories - 250-400 calories - 300-600 calories - 1,000-1,500 calories

500-1,000 calories

A nurse teaches a client with obesity about the various medication options for the treatment of obesity. Which medication will the nurse include when teaching the client about the class of medications that stimulate noradrenergic receptors? - Phentermine - Orlistat - Lorcaserin - Liraglutide

Phentermine