A nurse is educating a client who has anemia about dietary intake of iron. Which of the following is a non-heme source of iron? A. Ground beef B. Dried beans C. Salmon D. Turkey - B. Dried beans Rationale: Dried beans provide non-heme iron, as do other legumes, vegetables, and grains. A nurse is discussing foods that are high in vitamin D with a client who is unable to be out in sunlight. Which of the following should be included in the teaching? A. 1 cup steamed long-grain brown ...

A nurse is caring for a client. For each assessment finding, click to specify if the finding is consistent with dumping syndrome, hypoglycemia, or refeeding syndrome. Each finding may support more than one condition. - Diarrhea - Timing of manifestations after eating - Muscle weakness - Nausea - Abdominal cramping - Sweating - Dumping Syndrome: - Abdominal cramping - Muscle weakness - Nausea - Diarrhea - Sweating Hypoglycemia: - Muscle weakness - Sweating Refeeding Syndro...

A nurse in a providers office is talking with a client who has a prescription for fexofenadine. The client reports that their allergies remain unaffected. which of the following questions should the nurse ask the client to determine if the medication is being absorbed properly? - Are you still taking your antacids at this time? A nurse is reviewing lab reports for a client who is receiving continuous enteral feedings. which of the following values should the nurse report to the provider - ...

Recommended infant nutrition – • Scientific evidence is clear that human milk provides the best nutrition for infants • Human milk is the gold standard for infant nutrition• AAP recommends exclusive breastfeeding of human milk for the first 6 months and continued breastfeeding for at least 12 months • WHO recommends exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months, safe and nutritionally adequate complementary foods beginning at 6 months, and continued breastfeeding until 2 years of age or ...

Specific Gravity - 1.005-1.030 if too high means dehydration Patients with cirrhosis - need high protein and should avoid high fat and high sodium foods Purine foods - gravies poultry sardines red wine organ meats fish Increase risk of uric acid stone formation allopurinol - anti-gout medication that reduces uric acid BUN lab values - 10-20 mg/dL Blood urea nitrogen-- determines amt of urea nitrogen found in blood off levels may indicate kidney malfunction Pravastatin - drug used ...

what do we need in order to have enteral nutrition functional GI tract Condition in which we would start feeding tubes? swallowing disorders, impaired motility in upper GI tract, GI obstructions, intestinal surgeries, mechanical ventilation, mental incapacitation How long can patients have an NG tube placed? 4 weeks what patient population would we have to be concerned with feeding directly into the stomach and would instead be fed post-pyloric patient with chronic pancreatitis, patient...

what did multicellularity lead to? - need for a highly coordinated system to regulate and integrate the physiological functioning of different cells within one organism mode of hormonal communication? - chemical signalling examples of types on triggers? - location, visual, language, sound, gesture visual trigger - circadian rhythms location trigger - sender to receiver language trigger - chemical signalling gesture trigger - social, stress, sex sound trigger - lactation what is the unit...

A nurse is educating a client who has anaemia about dietary intake of iron. Which of the following is a non-heme source of iron? A. Ground Beef B. Dried beans C. salmon D. turkey - B. Dried beans rationale: dried beans provide non-heme iron as do other legumes, vegetables, and grains. Heme iron products come from animals A nurse is discussing foods that are high in vitamin D with a client who is unable to be out in the sunlight. Which of the following should be included in the teaching...

Child and Adolescent Nutrition - The study of nutritional needs and dietary patterns during childhood and adolescence. Middle Childhood - The developmental stage between the ages of 5 and 10. Preadolescence - The stage of development between childhood and adolescence, typically between the ages of 9 and 12. School Age - Another term for preadolescence, referring to the period between childhood and adolescence. Importance of Nutrition - The role of nutrition in establishing healthy eating ...

A nurse is discussing the use of a low-profile gastrostomy device with the guardian of a child who is receiving enteral feeding. Which of the following is an appropriate statement by the nurse? A. This access requires less maintenance than a traditional nasal tube. B. The device is usually comfortable for children. C. Mobility of the child is limited with this device. D. Checking residual is much easier with this device. - B. The device is usually comfortable for children. A nurse is rev...