The nurse caring for a client admitted to the emergency department should monitor the client for
which early metabolic response to stress?
Increase in oxygen consumption
Hyperthermia
Decrease in insulin levels
Increase in cardiac output
decrease in insulin levels
The most stressful physical trauma would be which of the following?
Minor surgery
Low-grade fever
Wrist fracture
Third-degree burn
third-degree burn
What are the major differences between severe stress and starvation?
With severe stress, metabolic rate ______________. The client is in a ______________ state.
With starvation, metabolic rate ________________. The client is in a ____________ state.
increases
hypermetabolic
decreases
hypometabolic
Which health problems can activate the body's stress response and affect the client's nutritional
status? Select all that apply.
Burns
Open-heart surgery
Vitamin deficiency
Bariatric surgery
Malabsorption issues
Burns
Open-heart surgery
Bariatric surgery
, Malabsorption issues
The nurse should plan nutritional support for clients experiencing stress based on clinical
responses during each phase of the stress response. Match each listed clinical response to the
phase of stress in which it occurs.
Flow Phase (recovery): increased oxygen consumption, hyperthermia, normal blood pressure
The registered dietitian consulting with an underweight older adult recovering from hip
replacement surgery should encourage the client to consume how much protein each day?
0.6 g/kg body weight
0.8 g/kg body weight
1.0 to 1.5 g/kg body weight
1.5 to 2.0 g/kg body weight
1.5 to 2.0 g/kg body weight
The nurse discussing optimal nutrition with a 50-year-old client a week prior to surgery to
replace a heart valve should encourage the client to consume how much fluid per day?
20 mL/kg body weight
25 mL/kg body weight
30 mL/kg body weight
35 to 40mL/kg body weight
35 to 40mL/kg body weight
During times of complicated stress from surgery, carbohydrate (CHO), fat, vitamin, and mineral
metabolism can be affected. The need for most vitamins and minerals ______________. If
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