You are using the rule of thumb for advising a 150-pound person regarding the appropriate number of calories to promote weight loss. Your advice is for the person to consume no more than _____ calories daily
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
1700
The person weighs 68 kg, so multiplying by 25 (rule of thumb for weight loss) equals 1700 calo-ries.
You might also like to view...
A 58-year-old male patient has been hospitalized for a wedge resection of the left lower lung lobe after a routine chest x-ray shows carcinoma. The patient is anxious and asks if he can smoke. Which statement by the nurse would be most therapeutic?
A) "Smoking is the reason you are here." B) "The doctor left orders for you not to smoke." C) "You are anxious about the surgery. Do you see smoking as helping?" D) "Smoking is OK right now, but after your surgery it is contraindicated."
In which of the following body positions are radiographs generally taken to reveal the presence of excess fluid in the pleural space?
A) Anteroposterior (AP)recumbent B) Posteroanterior (PA)recumbent C) Fowler D) Lateral decubitus
Following a ST-segment myocardial infarction (STEMI), the nurse should be assessing the patient for which of the following complications? Select all that apply
A) Large amount of pink, frothy sputum and new onset of murmur B) Tachypnea with respiratory distress C) Frequent ventricular arrhythmia unrelieved with amiodarone drip D) Complaints of facial numbness and tingling E) Enhanced renal perfusion as seen as an increase in urine output
Which of the following is most commonly the cause of growth hormone deficiency?
a. injury b. destruction of the anterior pituitary gland c. infection or irradiation d. idiopathic condition