Identify nursing goals
The fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base balance are restored and maintained. The cause of the fluid imbalance will be corrected (diarrhea).
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The cartoon character Popeye always boasted about eating spinach to make him stronger because of its high calcium content. Why was this not accurate?
A) Spinach has no calcium. B) Most of the calcium in spinach is not bioavailable. C) Most of the calcium in spinach leaches into the cooking water. D) Heating spinach destroys the calcium.
To decrease the risk of aspiration in patients with respiratory failure who need nutrition support:
a. utilize gastric feeding. b. utilize intestinal feeding. c. decrease the amount of free water in the tube feeding. d. select a formula enriched with vitamins A, C, and E.
In most cases, the symptoms of an infant's adverse reaction to an offending food will improve after the food has been removed from the mother's diet for _____
a. 3 to 5 days b. 5 to 7 days c. 2 to 3 weeks d. a month e. 5 to 6 weeks
Which of the following disorders may require taking pancreatic enzymes?
a. none of these b. non-tropical sprue and dumping syndrome c. dumping syndrome and Crohn's disease d. pancreatitis and cystic fibrosis