The goal of nutrition screening for the client under hospice care is which of the following?
1. Recognize areas for improvement in diet.
2. Identify food-related concerns.
3. Gather data to correlate long-term nutritional habits with the onset of disease.
4. Distinguish food-handling practices that are suboptimal.
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In using nitrate products for coronary artery disease, the nurse instructs the patient about the benefits of taking nitrates using which of the following responses. (Select all that apply.)
1. Oxygen demands are reduced in the heart. 2. Small blood vessels are increased in the heart. 3. The inner heart has less oxygen supply. 4. Oral nitrates are changed in the liver to inactive products.
What is the advantage of giving metformin, a biguanide, to a client requiring oral hypoglycemic agents?
a. It can be administered on a more flexible schedule. b. It does not have the major side effects of nausea, abdominal discomfort, and diarrhea. c. It does not increase insulin release or produce hypoglycemic episodes. d. It does not tend to react with other medica-tions.
During discharge planning, a nurse encourages a patient diagnosed with multiple sclerosis to engage in a regular exercise program
This recommendation is based on the knowledge that exercise will help the patient manage which problems associated with the disease? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Select all that apply. 1. Obesity 2. Muscle spasticity 3. Infection 4. Constipation 5. Fatigue
The nurse is preparing to give the school-aged child an injection. If there are no contraindications, the nurse's best course of action is to do which of the following?
a. Ask a parent which site is preferred. b. Offer the child a choice of sites. c. Select a site without consulting anyone. d. Ask the outgoing shift nurse what site would be best.