The nurse asks the parent during a clinic visit about the nutritional intake of her eight-year-old child. The mother tells the nurse she leaves early for work and her teen sibling takes care of the meals
What response by the nurse regarding nutrition is appropriate? 1. Provide information about healthy meals and snacks that are easy for school-age children and teens to prepare.
2. Provide a meal plan for the mother to take to her daughter.
3. Provide sample recipes for the mother.
4. Provide coupons for the mother when going to the grocery store.
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Rationale 1: Provide information about healthy snacks to keep at home, ways to improve calcium intake, and the importance of getting at least five fruit/vegetable servings daily.
Rationale 2: Providing a meal plan is not going to help ensure that the child has healthy meals.
Rationale 3: Sample recipes will not help the mother ensure that her child has healthy meals.
Rationale 4: Coupons will not help the mother ensure that healthy foods are available for her child.
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