Julia Reynolds is a 64-year-old realtor. She has been admitted to the local medical center 6 times in the past 3 months with severe pancreatitis. Julia has been experiencing intractable vomiting and intense pain after eating. Her insurance will not cover home nutritional support. She is being transferred to a sub-acute nursing facility for therapy. The nutrition support team decides to increase
the kcal in Ms. Reynolds's TPN slowly to prevent ____.
A) hypoglycemia
B) an elevated white blood cell count
C) refeeding syndrome
D) weight gain
C
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A) racial conflict. B) poverty. C) a natural disaster. D) overpopulation.
A document or electronic file used to record a client's history, assessment, treatment, and results of therapy is a(n)
a. medical record. b. informal record. c. diagnosis. d. nutrition care plan.
You are asked to give an in-service to the staff. What should you do first?
a. ask them what they want to learn b. read up on the subject c. observe the staff at work to identify problems d. see what other hospitals are teaching
A _______________ is a strand of DNA in a cell's nucleus, whereas the portion of it that codes for the primary structure of a polypeptide is a _______________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word