A client having a history of constipation has been advised to increase dietary fiber. Since making the dietary changes, the client reports experiencing excessive gas. What advice should be given to the client?
A) "Reduce the fiber."
B) "Add a stool softener temporarily."
C) "Continue with the prescribed diet and the problem will resolve."
D) "Add a bulking agent to the daily routine to promote evacuation."
C
You might also like to view...
The nurse working in a long-term care facility completes her morning assessment on a new postoperative patient and notes a change in cognitive status from the previous day? The nurse recognizes which of the following as a precipitating factor for
delirium? (Select all that apply.) a. Major medical treatment c. Admission to long-term care b. Poor sleep habits d. Pharmacological agents
If a once-daily dose of an antipsychotic medication has inadvertently been skipped, the client should be instructed to:
a. call the health care provider immediately. b. double the dose of the medication for the next day. c. do nothing except take the next daily dose as prescribed. d. take one-half the normal dose the next day and the full dose thereafter.
A 72-year-old male patient with dehydration caused by an exacerbation of ulcerative colitis is receiving 5% dextrose in normal saline at 125 mL/hour. Which assessment finding by the nurse is most important to report to the health care provider?
a. Patient has not voided for the last 4 hours. b. Skin is dry with poor turgor on all extremities. c. Crackles are heard halfway up the posterior chest. d. Patient has had 5 loose stools over the last 6 hours.
Deinstitutionalization of chronically mentally ill individuals from public psychiatric hospitals increased the number of homeless persons. The original goal of deinstitutionalization was to:
1. Reduce state costs of caring for the chronically mentally ill 2. Replace large state psychiatric hospitals with community-based treatment pro-grams 3. Modernize psychiatric hospitals 4. Allow mentally ill persons to live on their own to test their life skills