Nutrition ATI

A nurse is providing teaching to a client who has gout and urolithiasis. The client asks how to prevent future uric acid stones. Which of the following suggestions should the nurse provide? select all that apply

-Take allopurinol as prescribed -Exercise several times a week -Limit intake of foods high in purine

A nurse is providing teaching about calcium intake to a client who is breastfeeding. Which of the following is the recommended daily calcium intake for a client who is breastfeeding?

1000mg

A nurse is providing dietary teaching for a client with AIDS who has stomatitis of the mouth. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include in the teaching?

You can suck on popsicles to numb your mouth.

A nurse is caring for a client who has scurvy. Which of the following vitamin deficiencies should the nurse identify as the cause of this disease?

Vitamin C

A nurse is conducting dietary teaching with a client who has a history of renal calculi. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include in the teaching?

Drink 3.8 L of water throughout the day

A nurse is reviewing the laboratory reports of a client who is receiving enteral feedings. Which of the following values indicates a complication of enteral feeding that the nurse should report to the provider?

BUN 25 mg/dl

A nurse is providing teaching to a client who has constipation. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include?

Eat yogurt with live cultures

A nurse is planning an in-service training session about nutrition. Which of the following statements should the nurse include in the teaching?

Fats provide energy

A nurse is reviewing a client's 24 hour dietary recall. The client reports eating a slice of toasted white bread with butter, a banana, a glass of milk and a cup of coffee for breakfast; grilled chicken, a baked potato, and a glass of milk for lunch; an apple and cheddar cheese for a snack; and 2 servings of chicken, 2 cups of steamed broccoli, and a glass of milk for dinner. This client's diet is deficient in which of the following food groups?

Grains

A nurse is completing dietary teaching with a client who has heart failure and is prescribed a 2 g sodium diet. Which of the following statements by the client indicates an understanding of the teaching?

I can have yogurt as a dessert

A nurse is providing teaching for a client who has a prescription for a low sodium diet to manage hypertension. Which of the following statements by the client indicates an understanding of the teaching?

I can snack on fresh fruit

A nurse is providing teaching about nutrition to an older adult client. The client asks, "Don't I need the same amount of nutrients that I did when I was younger?" Which of the following responses should the nurse make?

Older adults need an increased amount of calcium

A nurse is planning an in-service training session regarding nutrition. Which of the following minerals should the nurse identify as involved in oxygen transportation?

Iron

A nurse is providing nutritional counseling for a client who is pregnant. Which of the following nutrients should the nurse instruct the client to increase in her daily diet?

Iron

A nurse is teaching a client with chronic kidney disease about predialysis dietary recommendations. The nurse should recommend restricting the intake of which of the following nutrients?

Protein

A nurse is planning an in-service training session about nutrition. Which of the following pieces of information should the nurse include?

Protein serves as an energy source when other sources are inadequate

A nurse in a pediatric clinic is talking with the parent of a toddler who states that her child will not sit at the table to eat with the family. She asks the nurse for recommendations for finger foods for her child. Which of the following foods should the nurse suggest?

Slices of ripe banana

A nurse is caring for a client who has a peripheral edema. The nurse should identify that which of the following nutrients regulates extracellular fluid volume?

Sodium

A nurse is assessing a client's nutritional status. The nurse determines the client is consuming 500 calories more per day than his energy level requires. if his dietary habits do not change, how long will it take the client to gain 4.5kg (10lb)?

10 weeks