A patient is experiencing loss of appetite and weight loss. After reviewing the medications she is taking you suspect this is due to:

a. Cortisone
b. Xanax
c. Phentermine
d. Parnate


Answer: c. Phentermine

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A client with lymphoma weighs 154 pounds and has 2° burns over the chest from radiation treatment. The most appropriate nursing intervention is to:

a. increase protein in the diet to 1.5-2 g/kg. b. provide a diet with 45% complex carbohydrates. c. offer nutrition with 70-105 grams of protein daily. d. increase total kcalories 20% to accommodate changes in metabolic rate.

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The major component of breast milk is _____, while the second largest component is _____

a. water, lipids b. lipids, water c. protein, carbohydrate d. carbohydrate, protein e. protein, lipids

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Infants graduate to adult-type foods at:

1.6 months of age. 2.9 months of age. 3.12 months of age. 4.24 months of age.

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Research has found the strongest association between dietary fat intake and what type of

cancer? A) prostate B) lung C) breast D) colon

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