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For which complication does this place the patient at risk for?
Air embolism
Sepsis
Thrombosis
Pneumothorax
A patient is receiving a continuous enteral feeding at 80 ml/hour has a residual volume of 120 ml 6 hours after the last check. How should the nurse proceed?
Beef
Eggs
Milk
Chicken
The head of the bed of a patient who is receiving enteral feedings is elevated to 30 degrees. Which complication associated with enteral feedings does this intervention help prevent?
Aspiration
Diarrhea
Infection
Electrolyte imbalance
The nurse must verify enteral tube placement before administering a tube feeding. Which method should she use?
Place the proximal end of the tube in the water; if no bubbling occurs; placement is confirmed
Inject 30 cc of air into the proximal end of the feeding tube while auscultating the stomach; a swooshing sound confirms placement
Aspirate stomach contents from the proximal end of the tube, and measure the pH
6. Which action should the nurse take after administering a dose of medication through a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube?
7. During an admission assessment, the patient reports that he takes vitamin E supplements twice a day. The nurse should explain that taking vitamin E supplements three times a day:
8. What are three nutrients that may be more difficult to supply with a vegetarian diet.
<18 or >25
12. If a patients Serum Albumin level is 2.9, what would this test result possible be a sign of?
Malnutrition
3.4 5.4
14. This is the preferred method of feeding for a patient with a functioning intestinal tract but is unable to meet his nutritional needs through oral intake.
Enteral nutrition
Percutaneous gastrostomy tube (PEG) inserted into the stomach through the skin
16. What are the four ways that proper tube placement can be verified?
Radiography
Aspiration of contents
12-14
10-12
21. How much calories should boys between the ages of 11 - 14 consume daily?
22. How much calories should girls between the ages of 11 14 consume
daily?
23. In response to long bone calcification, which mineral should adolescent kids increase in their daily diet?
Calcium
24. What two things are required for young boys to increase lean muscle mass?
25. What mineral is responsible for increasing muscle mass in boy and menstruation in girls?
Iron
Fruit (2 to 4 servings)
Vegetables (3 to 5 servings)
27. This classification of foods is known as short lived, non-nutritional, and can be harmful.
Fad foods
Junk food
29. An adolescent suffering from depression with a low self esteem, and a sedentary lifestyle is at risk for what?
Obesity
30. What percentage of adolescents, that suffer from obesity, remain obese as adults?
80%
31. This is contributed to inappropriate eating habits and will increase a persons risk for disease.
Obesity
32. This is a distorted self-image of being fat and could be caused by a fear of
Anorexia nervosa
Hypothalamus
Bulimia
35. Which vitamin should vegans include with their meals to increase iron absorption?
Vitamin C
36. Because vegan diets lack essential amino acids, what vegan food
37. Vegans also need an increase in this vitamin and can get it from whole grains.
Zinc
38. Lacto-vegetarian diets consist of ____ and _____, and are deficient in what two vitamins?
39. Lacto-ovo diets are vegetable supplemented diets that consist of what?
40. As people age, both men and women, need to decrease their calorie intake and increase there activity because of what decrease?
Decrease in BMR
41. What type of diet, recommended by the national academy of science, can prevent cancer?
Less fat, more fiber; eat very little foods preserved in salt cure or nitrates, and include fruits, vegetables, and whole grains; drink alcohol in moderation
42. What are the two categories of factors of nutrition in old age?
a. Physiological
Sensory
Gastrointestinal Changes
Metabolic
b. Psychological
Decrease calories
Need more water for digestion, prevention of constipation, and to carry waste
1. B
2. C
3. C
4. A
5. C
6. B
7. B