Which factor is not a cause of poor food intake in persons with severe COPD?
a. medications
b. dyspnea
c. lower energy needs
d. change in taste perception
e. loss of sense of smell
c
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a. meat delivery procedures b. sanitizing the meat slicer c. serving less meat d. meat storage procedures
A patient with type 1 diabetes calls her physician's office complaining of nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. The nurse should advise the patient to:
a. cease her insulin injections until she can tolerate food. b. continue her insulin injections and eat tolerated foods that provide the prescribed amount of carbohydrate. c. avoid consuming carbohydrates, but continue her insulin injections. d. cease her insulin injections and eat tolerated foods that provide the prescribed amount of carbohydrate.
A menstrual flow results from _____.
A. the implantation of a fertilized ovum in the endometrium B. adecrease in progesterone and estrogen levels C. the release of gonadotropin-releasing hormone by the hypothalamus D. the production of prostaglandins by the uterus E. the release of progesterone and estrogen by the corpus luteum
Chloride is
A. converted to chlorine in the intestinal tract. B. an intracellular fluid ion. C. a positively charged ion. D. the main anion in extracellular fluid.