NMNC 3135 Adaptive Quiz 4

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A healthcare provider prescribes dietary and medication therapy for a client with the diagnosis of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). What is most appropriate for the nurse to teach the client about meal management?

Divide food into four to six meals a day.

A nurse may find that for optimum nutrition a client with a cerebrovascular accident (also known as "brain attack") needs assistance with eating. What should the nurse do?

Encourage the client to participate in the feeding process.

A client with a dysrhythmia is admitted to telemetry for observation. In the morning the client asks for a cup of coffee. What is the nurse's best response?

"Coffee has caffeine that can affect your heart. It should be avoided."

After prostate surgery a client's indwelling catheter and continuous bladder irrigation (CBI) are to be removed. The nurse discusses with the client the procedure and what to expect after the removal. Which statement by the client indicates teaching by the nurse is understood?

"I probably will experience some burning on urination."

The nurse is performing a physical examination of a client by placing the left hand on the back and supporting the client's right side between the rib cage and the iliac crest. Which physical assessment maneuver is the nurse performing on this client?

1 Palpation

A parent of a healthy 8-month-old infant asks a nurse which pureed foods and type of milk are most appropriate at this age. What should the nurse suggest?

Applesauce, carrots, chicken, and formula.

A client is receiving hypertonic tube feedings. What should the nurse consider to be the main reason this client may experience diarrhea?

High osmolarity of the feedings.

Which statement is true about the diet plan for toddlers?

Milk should be supplemented with solid food items like vegetables and fruits.

On the second day after an abdominoperineal resection, the nurse anticipates that the colostomy stoma will have what appearance?

Moist, red, and raised above the skin surface.

When assessing the characteristics of an adolescent with anorexia nervosa, how does the nurse expect to describe the adolescent?

Perfectionistic


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