The best approach to increase tolerance to weight loss is:
1. Follow a strict meal plan for as long as possible
2. Aim for a weight loss of 1/2 to 1 pound per day
3. Restrict fluid intake to avoid water retention
4. Be physically active
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1. Right vertebral 2. Left posterior communicating 3. Left middle cerebral 4. Right middle cerebral
To provide a nutritional "safety net," patients may be encouraged to take a multivita-min/multimineral supplement that contains
a. specific nutrients which cannot be ob-tained from the food supply in adequate amounts. b. 100% or less of the Dietary Reference In-takes (DRIs) for most micronutrients. c. at least 100% of the DRIs for most mi-cronutrients. d. specific nutrients that are found to be lacking in their diet using dietary analysis.
A client, after being taught of the clinical manifestations of inflammation to enable early detec-tion of a complication of a surgical wound states, "I will look at the wound four times a day and tell my surgeon if it looks red or swollen."
Her statement is an example of: 1. Attitudes 2. Application 3. Analysis 4. Evaluation
The nurse provides a teaching session to the nursing staff regarding osteosarcoma. which statement by a member of the nursing staff indicates a need for further information?
a. "The fever is the most common sign of this sarcoma" b. "The child does not experience pain at the primary tumor site" c. "Limping, if a weight bearing limb is affected, is a sx" d. "The sx of the disease in the early stage are almost always attributed to normal growing pains"