Nutrition

The nurse should include which item in a list of the most helpful foods for a vegan client wishing to increase foods high in vitamin A?

Carrots. green leafy vegetables, and yellow vegetables

Which actions should the nurse include when caring for a client with continuous tube feedings through a nasogastric (NG) tube?

Check the residual every 4 hours. Check for placement every 4 hours. Hang a new feeding bag every 24 hour NOT 72 hours. Check skin integrity at the site of NG tube insertion. Check for placement before administering medications.

The nurse is providing instructions to a client with hypophosphatemia. Which food item should the nurse instruct the client to avoid?

Cheese because it's high calcium. High calcium = Low phosphorous

In planning a low-sodium diet for a client who has recently been diagnosed with heart failure, the nurse should offer the client which food item?

Chicken breast

A postoperative client has been tolerating a full liquid diet, and the nurse plans to advance the diet to solid food as prescribed. Which assessment is most important for the nurse to make before advancing the diet to solids?

Ability to chew

The nurse is creating a plan of care for a client receiving enteral feedings. Which client problem is the highest priority?

Aspiration

which food items are lowest in potassium, providing less than 200 mg per serving?

Grapes Asparagus Applesauce

The nurse is talking to the mother of a 2-month-old infant who is being seen in the health care provider's office for a well-child visit. Which statement by the mother would indicate that further teaching is needed about nutrition for this infant?

I started my daughter on cereal a week ago, and she loves the rice cereal.

The nurse is giving a presentation on good nutrition to a group of teenage mothers. Which level of prevention is the nurse implementing?

Primary level

A nursing student is caring for a client who has been admitted to the hospital with malnutrition. The nursing instructor determines that the student has made a correct assessment of malnutrition consequences if the student documents which noted findings?

-Cachexic -Lethargic -Dry, flaking skin -Poor wound healing

The nurse is providing dietary teaching to a client who is receiving a potassium-retaining diuretic about foods that are low in potassium. Which foods should the nurse include on a list of foods with low potassium content?

Apple. Fruits low in potassium include: Apples, cherries, grapefruit, peaches, pineapple, and cranberries.

A client with heart disease is provided instructions regarding a low-fat diet. The nurse should determine that the client understands the diet if the client states that which food item should be avoided?

Avocados

The nurse is caring for a client with a diagnosis of celiac disease. The nurse recognizes that client teaching has been effective when the client makes which statement?

I will eat rice cereal for breakfast. Celiac disease should avoid gluten-containing products such as wheat, barley, oats, and rye.

The nurse is teaching a client with tuberculosis about nutrition and foods that should be increased in the diet. The nurse should suggest that the client increase which food items?

Meats and citrus fruits. tuberculosis need to increase intake of protein, iron, and vitamin C.

The breast-feeding mother of an infant with lactose intolerance asks the nurse about dietary measures. The nurse should tell the mother to avoid which food?

Milk

The nurse is monitoring the nutritional status of a client receiving enteral nutrition. Which intervention should the nurse implement to determine the effectiveness of the tube feedings?

Obtain a daily weight.

The nurse provides instructions to a client with a low magnesium level about the foods that are high in magnesium. The nurse should tell the client to consume which foods?

Peas Cauliflower Peanut butter Canned white tuna sources of magnesium include: avocado, canned white tuna, cauliflower, green leafy vegetables such as spinach and broccoli, milk, oatmeal, peanut butter, peas, pork, beef, chicken, potatoes, raisins, and yogurt.

A client with hypertension has been prescribed a low-sodium diet. The nurse teaching this client about foods that are allowed should plan to include which food in a list provided to the client?

Summer squash

The nurse is evaluating the effect of dietary counseling on the client with cholecystitis. The nurse determines that the client understands the instructions given if the client states that which food item(s) are acceptable in the diet?

Baked fish

A client with liver cancer receiving chemotherapy tells the nurse that some foods on the meal tray taste bitter. The nurse should try to limit which food that is most likely to cause this taste for the client?

Beef and Pork

The nurse is assessing the skin of a client with a history of malabsorption deficiency and discovers brittle nails. What type of nutritional deficiency should the nurse suspect based on this observation?

Iron deficiency

The nurse provides dietary instructions to a client at risk for hypokalemia about which foods are high in potassium and should be included in the daily diet. The nurse should tell the client that which fruit is highest in potassium?

Kiwi. bananas, cantaloupe, oranges.

A client who was receiving enteral feedings in the hospital has been started on a regular diet and is almost ready for discharge. The client will be self-administering supplemental tube feedings between meals for a short time after discharge. The client expresses concern about performing this procedure at home. What is the nurse's best response?

Tell me more about your concerns about going home.

The nurse instructs a client about a low-fat diet. Which menu selection indicates that the client understands the nurse's instructions?

Turkey breast, boiled rice, and fruit

The nurse is explaining the process of bariatric surgery to a severely obese client who has attended a medically supervised weight loss program for approximately 6 months. The client is considering this procedure. What are some conditions that may interfere with a client's commitment to lifelong behavioral changes and that may lead to poor surgical outcomes? Select all that apply.

Untreated depression Binge eating disorders Drug and alcohol abuse Inability to comply with nutritional recommendations