The nurse is responsible for assisting clients with adequate nutrition. Adequate food intake is essential for all of the following functions except:
1. Energy and growth.
2. Structural material.
3. Regulating body processes.
4. Macronutrients.
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Rationale: Adequate food intake ensures balance of essential nutrients, which are necessary for providing energy for body processes.
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A. "Around age 10, girls will get interested in shaving their underarms." B. "By age 12, both boys and girls are at their maximal height." C. "Moms, you should buy feminine supplies for your daughter before she is 14." D. "You won't need to worry about bras until at least age 14."
Interpret this Roman numeral: XLII
1. 492 2. 92 3. 62 4. 42
A patient asks a nurse to explain pharmacogenetics. Which response by the nurse is best?
a. "It is the effect of pharmaceutical agents on a person's genes." b. "It uses genetic information to determine if particular drugs will work in a person." c. "It is the science of using a person's genes to help create new medications." d. "It was the project that mapped and sequenced human genes."
The nurse recognizes that the client education has not been effective when the client states:
1. "Hypertension affects my blood vessels only if I have other underlying health problems.". 2. "Hypertension causes my blood vessels to become inflamed and decreases the blood supply to my organs if left untreated.". 3. "I am more prone to heart disease and eye problems if I discontinue my blood pressure medications.". 4. "Hypertension creates damage to my blood vessels even if I don't have any symptoms.".