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The home care nurse is conducting a diet history with an older client who lives alone. The nurse finds that the client's typical 24-hour food intake consists of eggs and sausage for breakfast, a fast-food lunch of hamburger and french fries, takeout fried chicken for dinner, and ice cream in the evening. To decrease the risk of cancer, what statement would the nurse make to the client?

A high-fat diet increases your risk for colon cancer."

The health care provider has prescribed a clear liquid diet for a postoperative client. The nurse prepares to deliver the lunch tray to the client and checks the tray to be sure that which has occurred?

All food items are liquid at body temperature.

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 avocados are high in fat

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 Chemotherapy may cause distortion of taste. Often, beef and pork are reported to taste bitter or metallic. The nurse can promote client nutrition by helping the client choose alternative sources of protein in the diet.

high vitamin c foods

Cabbage, tomatoes, potatoes, and strawberries are some of the foods that are high in vitamin C.

high potassium foods

Foods that are high in potassium include bananas, cantaloupe, kiwi, and oranges.

The nurse has provided dietary instructions to a client regarding food items that are high in vitamin B complex. The client demonstrates understanding of the dietary instructions by stating the importance of including which food item in the diet?

Grains

some high fat foods

Margarine, cream cheese, and luncheon meats are high-fat foods.

The nurse is providing dietary teaching for a client with a diagnosis of chronic gastritis. The nurse instructs the client to include which foods rich in vitamin B12 in the diet? Select all that apply.

Nuts Liver Lentils Chronic gastritis causes deterioration and atrophy of the lining of the stomach, leading to the loss of function of the parietal cells. The source of intrinsic factor is lost, which results in an inability to absorb vitamin B12, leading to development of pernicious anemia.

The nurse is teaching a client who has iron deficiency anemia about foods she should include in the diet. The nurse determines that the client understands the dietary modifications if which items are selected from the menu?

Oranges and dark green leafy vegetables

niacin rich foods

Poultry, eggs, meats, and dairy products are high in niacin.

full liquid diet

Pudding, Vegetable juice , Pureed vegetables Full liquid food items include items such as plain ice cream, sherbet, breakfast drinks, milk, pudding and custard, soups that are strained, refined cooked cereals, and strained vegetable juices.

iron rich foods

The best sources of dietary iron are red meat, liver and other organ meats, blackstrap molasses, and oysters. Other good sources of iron are kidney beans, whole-wheat bread, egg yolk, spinach, kale, turnip tops, beet greens, carrots, raisins, and apricots.

cholecystitis low fat diet

The client with cholecystitis should decrease overall intake of dietary fat. Foods that should be avoided include sauces and gravies, fatty meats, fried foods, products made with cream, and heavy desserts. The correct option is baked fish, which is low in fat.

cirrhosis diet

The client with cirrhosis needs to consume foods high in thiamine. Thiamine is present in a variety of foods of plant and animal origin. Legumes are especially rich in this vitamin. Other good food sources include nuts, whole-grain cereals, and pork.

food sources of magnesium

The normal magnesium level is 1.3 to 2.1 mEq. food 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

The primary level is focused on prevention, and educational classes are a form of prevention.

The primary level is focused on prevention, and educational classes are a form of prevention.

The secondary level is a screening level that entails such procedures as vision screening, mammography, or similar screening tests.

The secondary level is a screening level that entails such procedures as vision screening, mammography, or similar screening tests.

The tertiary level is focused on rehabilitation skills.

The tertiary level is focused on rehabilitation skills.

The nurse is conducting a dietary assessment on a client who is on a vegan diet. The nurse provides dietary teaching and should focus on foods high in which vitamin that may be lacking in a vegan diet?

Vitamin B12 Vegans do not consume any animal products. Vitamin B12 is found in animal products and therefore would most likely be lacking in a vegan diet

vegan diet

a plant-based diet that eliminates all animal products. No dairy, no butter, no eggs, no animal products of any kind. Vegans do not eat eggs. Buttered wheat toast also is not acceptable because butter is a dairy product. Milkshakes are not an appropriate choice because dairy products, such as milk, are not eaten on this diet. Foods eaten by a client who is a vegan include grains, fruits, and vegetables.

lactose intolerance foods to avoid

avoid dairy products. Milk is a dairy product.

celiac disease diet

avoid gluten-containing products such as wheat, barley, oats, and rye. They can eat rice cereal etc

clear liquid diet

broth, Coffee, gelatin A clear liquid diet consists of foods that are relatively transparent to light and are clear and liquid at room and body temperature. These foods include items such as water, bouillon, clear broth, carbonated beverages, gelatin, hard candy, lemonade, ice pops, and regular or decaffeinated coffee or tea

The nurse is providing discharge dietary teaching to a client with a history of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). What comment made by the client tells the nurse that further instruction is needed?

"I'll eat more beans and peas." IBS clients have problems with excess gas formation, with increased distention and bloating that is accompanied by rumbling abdominal sounds, belching, and flatulence, so legumes such as beans and peas should be avoided. Caffeine and alcohol also have to be eliminated. IBS can be inherited. Vitamins and mineral supplements are generally included in the dietary regime.

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

Aspiration Any condition in which gastrointestinal motility is slowed or esophageal reflux is possible places the client at risk for aspiration

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

Cheese Diet therapy for hypophosphatemia consists primarily of an increased intake of phosphorus-rich foods while decreasing the intake of calcium-rich foods

vitamin c rich foods

Citrus fruits and juices are especially high in vitamin C. Potatoes, especially sweet potatoes, would provide the highest amount of vitamin C

The nurse instructs a client with chronic kidney disease who is receiving hemodialysis about dietary modifications. The nurse determines that the client understands these dietary modifications if the client selects which items from the dietary menu?

Cream of wheat, blueberries, coffee

The nurse has instructed a client in the foods that are best to consume on a low-fat diet. The nurse determines that the client understands this diet if the client indicates which food item is lowest in fat?

Dry toast and strawberry jelly

A breast-feeding mother of an infant with lactose intolerance asks the nurse about dietary measures. What foods should the nurse tell the mother are acceptable to consume while breast-feeding? Select all that apply.

Egg yolk Dried beans Green leafy vegetables Breast-feeding mothers with lactose-intolerant infants need to be encouraged to limit dairy products. Milk and cheese are dairy products.

The nurse is providing dietary instructions to a client with a diagnosis of hyperphosphatemia. The nurse determines that the client understands the instructions if the client states the importance of eliminating which item from the diet?

Fish Clients with hyperphosphatemia should avoid foods that are naturally high in phosphates. These include fish, eggs, milk products, vegetables, whole grains, and carbonated beverages.

high vitamin A foods

Foods that are high in vitamin A include carrots, green leafy vegetables, and yellow vegetables.

low sodium foods

Foods that are lower in sodium are fruits and vegetables (summer squash) because they do not contain physiological saline.

low potassium foods

Fruits low in potassium include apples, cherries, grapefruit, peaches, pineapple, and cranberries.

The nurse instructs a client who is at risk for hypokalemia about the foods high in potassium that should be included in the daily diet. The nurse determines that the client understands the food sources of potassium if the client states that which food items are lowest in potassium, providing less than 200 mg per serving? Select all that apply.

Grapes Asparagus Applesauce Grapes, asparagus, and applesauce provide from 5 to 150 mg per serving

high sodium foods

Highly processed or refined foods (tomato soup and instant oatmeal) are higher in sodium unless they are specifically noted as low sodium. Saltwater fish and shellfish are higher in sodium.

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

A client is diagnosed with a moderate case of acute ulcerative colitis. The nurse doing dietary teaching should give the client examples of foods to eat that represent which therapeutic diet?

Low fiber without milk The client with a mild to moderate case of acute ulcerative colitis often is prescribed a diet that is low in fiber and does not include milk. This will help to reduce the frequency of diarrhea for this client.

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 The nurse teaches the client with tuberculosis to increase intake of protein, iron, and vitamin C. Foods rich in vitamin C include citrus fruits, berries, melons, pineapple, broccoli, cabbage, green peppers, tomatoes, potatoes, chard, kale, asparagus, and turnip greens. Food sources that are rich in iron include liver and other meats.

The nurse is providing instructions to a client regarding food items that are high in vitamin D. The client demonstrates understanding of the instructions by stating the need to include which food item in the diet?

Milk

A client is being seen in the clinic for symptoms of hyperinsulinism. The nurse provides information to the client regarding dietary measures for the condition. Which diet would be most appropriate to suggest to the client?

Small, frequent meals with protein, fat, and carbohydrates at each meal The definition of hyperinsulinism is an excessive insulin secretion in response to consuming carbohydrate-rich foods. This leads to hypoglycemia.