The nurse is discussing the various effects of calories on the body. The caloric cost of digesting, absorbing, and metabolizing food is called what?
A) The thermic effect C) The basal metabolic rate
B) The metabolic effect D) The resting metabolic rate
A
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The thermic effect of food is an estimation of the amount of energy required to digest, absorb, transport, metabolize, and store nutrients.
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A client's venipuncture device needs to be temporarily capped. How will a nurse ensure that the vein remains patent?
A) Flush the lock with potassium chloride. B) Flush the lock with saline or heparinized saline. C) Flush the lock with cyclical total parenteral nutrition (TPN). D) Flush the lock with colloid solutions.
The nurse is reviewing data collected from a group of patients. Which patient has a normal waist-to-hip ratio?
1. female patient, waist 29 inches, hips 35 inches 2. female patient, waist 29 inches, hips 36 inches 3. male patient, waist 37 inches, hips 36 inches 4. male patient, waist 40 inches, hips 41 inches
Which of the following is included in the most accurate description of school nursing?
A) This is one community health setting where the role is static. B) The primary role of school nurses is clinician. C) The practice of school nurses is widening. D) School nurses rarely act as advocates.
A client says to the nurse, "I'm really phobic about flying, so my husband and I always drove or took the train everywhere. Now he's been offered a big job in Europe, and if I don't get over this and fly with him, he says we're done. I'll be left to bring up our three children by myself." Which statement by the nurse would be therapeutic?
A. "No problem. You can be hypnotized to sleep through your trip." B. "I'm interested that it took his threat of leaving you to motivate you to seek help." C. "You seem more anxious and afraid of raising three children alone than of flying." D. "I can teach you strategies to help master your panic. An anti-anxiety medicine would also help you."