An important part of the food label is the nutritional facts panel. When assisting a diabetic to read food labels the nurse should emphasize this section because it lists:

1. Ingredients commonly associated with food allergens.
2. Food dyes.
3. Sodium content.
4. Calories.


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Rationale: The nutritional facts panel contains information on serving size, calories, and key nutrients. Information on ingredients identified as common food allergens, dyes, and sodium are listed as ingredients.

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A child who knows about a terminal disease tells the nurse of plans to recover and become a doctor to cure everyone in the whole world. What is the child demonstrating to the nurse?

A) Anxiety about the illness B) Bargaining stage of grief C) Immature magical thinking D) Poor opinion of the care received

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During a maternal assessment, the nurse determines the fetus to be in a left occipitoanterior (LOA) position. Auscultation of the fetal heart rate should begin in the:

1. Right upper quadrant. 2. Left upper quadrant. 3. Right lower quadrant. 4. Left lower quadrant.

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What impact did social and health policy have on the healthcare system in the latter part of the twentieth century?

1. Exploding healthcare costs and the challenges to reform and control them 2. The majority of healthcare being paid for through government subsidies 3. Affordable healthcare for all citizens 4. Healthcare costs decreasing as a result of social and health policy

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