A client is a practicing Orthodox Christian. What should the nurse expect the client to document on the menu for a meal on a Friday?
a. Meatloaf, mashed potatoes, bread, and butter
b. Green salad, baked potato, margarine, and green tea
c. Lasagna, green salad with ranch dressing, dinner roll, and butter
d. Baked chicken, wild rice, macaroni and cheese, dinner roll, and butter
b. Green salad, baked potato, margarine, and green tea
Wednesday and Friday are fasting days all year long, avoiding meat and meat products, poultry, fish with a backbone, dairy and products, olive oil, and wine. The menu selection of a salad, potato, and tea would be expected by this client. The other menu choices include meat, poultry, or dairy products that this person would avoid eating on Fridays.
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During a daily weight the nurse notes that a client has lost 0.4 kilograms. How many grams of weight should the nurse document that this client has lost in one day?
1. 0.004 2. 0.04 3. 40 4. 400