When educating a patient with a wound that is not healing, the nurse should stress which of the following dietary modifications to ward off some of the negative manifestations that can occur with inflammation?
A)
Increase the amount of calcium in the diet, especially drinking milk and eating cheese.
B)
This is the one time whereby you should eat more fat (both polyunsaturated and saturated), so you can absorb more fat soluble vitamins.
C)
Since there is a loss of plasma proteins, you should increase your intake of organ meats like liver.
D)
Increase your intake of oily fish and fish oil so that you will increase absorption of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids.
Ans:
D
Feedback:
Dietary modification of the inflammatory response through the use of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, specifically eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid, which are present in oily fish and fish oil, may be effective in preventing some negative manifestations of inflammation.
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