Nutrition quiz

A nurse is caring for a client with Alzheimer's disease. What action should the nurse perform when feeding a client with Alzheimer's disease?

Guide the hand with the food to the client's mouth if necessary.

A nurse is preparing to administer an intermittent feeding to a client who has a feeding tube. The nurse is unable to aspirate gastric contents. Which action is correct? (Select all that apply.)

1. Check to see that the feeding tube clamp is open. 2. Connect a syringe filled with warm water to the feeding tube and apply gentle pressure.

The nurse is preparing to administer an intermittent feeding to a client who has a nasogastric feeding tube. Arrange the following steps in the correct order. a. Position client with head of bed elevated 30 to 45 degrees b. Verify correct tube placement. c. Aspirate all gastric contents. d. Verify that residual volume is less than 400 mL. e. Flush tube with 30 mL water. f. Administer feeding.

1a, 2b, 3c, 4d, 5e, 6f

At what percentage of weight over ideal weight is a person considered obese?

20%

Which method may the nurse use to confirm placement of a nasogastric tube? (Select all that apply.)

Insert air while auscultating the patient's abdomen. Obtain an x-ray with the order of a physician. Aspirate fluid and test the pH.

Which statement accurately describes a step in the administration of a tube feeding?

Intermittent feedings use gravity for instillation or a feeding pump to administer the formula over a set period of time.

Which food eaten with peanut butter would provide the client with complete protein?

Milk

A nurse is working with a 54-year-old obese man who is interested in losing weight. He asks the nurse why trans fats are so bad for you. The nurse's response includes which answers? Select all that apply.

Trans fats raise cholesterol levels. Trans fats raise LDL levels. Trans fats lower HDL levels

A 28-year-old woman client is in an outpatient clinic with frequent reports of fatigue. Her physician has prescribed her ferrous sulfate 325 mg to treat iron-deficiency anemia. A nurse is teaching the client about medication administration. What food would be best consumed with her ferrous sulfate?

a glass of orange juice