In teaching a pregnant adolescent about nutrition, the nurse should:
a. emphasize the need to eliminate common teen snack foods because they are too high in fat and sodium.
b. determine the weight gain needed to meet adolescent growth and add 35 lb.
c. suggest that she not eat at fast-food restaurants to avoid foods of poor nutritional value.
d. realize that most adolescents are unwilling to make dietary changes during pregnancy.
B
Adolescents should gain in the upper range of the recommended weight gain. They also need to gain weight that would be expected for their own normal growth.
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1. Suggest that since the client is hospitalized, eating and drinking will not affect the Communion. 2. Provide the client with breakfast and morning medication and encourage the client to eat and take Communion some other time. 3. Find out when the hospital clergy will be distributing Communion and adjust the client's medications and breakfast accordingly. 4. Contact the physician to suggest an alternative form of nutrition since the client is refusing to eat or drink.
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1. Aggressive marketing by the herbal industry 2. Renewed interest in preventative medicine 3. Lack of side effects from herbal products 4. Herbal products are readily available.