NUR Nutrition Proficiency

A total parenteral nutrition (TPN) solution is prescribed to infuse at 1 liter every 12 hours. Which clinical findings are important for the nurse to monitor?

Intake and output Glucose levels Serum Electrolytes

Which foods would the nurse tell the client who has gout to avoid?

Liver Shellfish

What outcome criteria would be important to discuss with a female client who has bulimia nervosa?

Abstaining from binge-purging behaviors Describing a realistic perception of body shape Demonstrating three learned skills from managing stress

The nurse is creating a discharge teaching plan for a client who had a subtotal gastrectomy. The nurse would include which instructions about minimizing dumping syndrome?

Each small, frequent meals Lie down 1 hour after eating

After a short hospitalization for an episode of transient ischemic attach (TIA) related to hypertension, a client is discharges on a regimen that includes chlorothiazide. Which instruction will the nurse give the client regarding nutrition?

Eat more dark green. leafy vegetables such as spniach

The nurse is caring for an underweight adolescent girl with a diagnosis of anorexia nervosa. Which common characteristics would the nurse recognize when obtaining a health history and performing a physical assessment?

Fatigue Secondary amenorrhea

The nurse teaches a mother about the dietary measures to be followed for her 5-month-old infant. During the follow-up visit, the nurse finds that the child has indigestion. Which action by the mother is responsible for this situation?

Feeding properly mashed sweet potatoes to the child.

Which is not a potential nutritional risk in pregnancy?

Hypertension

Which statement by the client with type 2 diabetes indicates to the nurse that additional dietary teaching is needed?

I can eat as much dietetic fruit as I want.

When providing anticipatory teaching for a client scheduled for gastric bypass to treat morbid obesity, which statement indicates the client understandings how to prevent dumping syndrome?

I will not drink fluids when I eat meals I will avoid artificially sweetened foods I will eat small, frequent meals instead of 3 large meals a day

The registered nurse teaches a student about dietary modifications that help decrease systemic symptoms associated with dysmenorrhea. Which statements made byt he student indicate effecting understanding?

Include low-fat milk in the diet Include watermelon and peaches in the diet

Which nutritional guidelines would the nurse emphasize for an adolescent who has anorexia nervosa?

Increase food intake gradually Limit mealtime to half an hour Provide privileges for dietary goal achievement

A primary health care diagnoses a client with acute cholecystitis with biliary colic. Which clinical findings would the nurse expect when performing a health history and physical assessment?

Intolerance to foods high in fat Pain that radiates to the right shoulder

Which signs and symtpoms would the nurse be alert to when assessing a child for the presence of celiac disease?

Steatorrhea Distended abdomen Iron-deficiency anemia

Which principle would the nurse emphasize when counseling the pregnant client with type 1 diabetes?

The recommendation to eat a pregnancy diet that meets increased dietary needs and to adjust the insulin dosage as necessary.