C787 Health and Wellness Through Nutritional Science WGU Exam QUESTIONS
WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS/A+ GRADE
A community news report indicates that undercooked ground beef
contaminated with Escherichia coli (E. coli) was served to a large group of
people at a local restaurant.
Which condition should the community health facilities prepare to treat?
a. Encephalitis
b. Enteritis
c. Hepatitis
d. Meningitis - ✔✔b. Enteritis
A middle school nurse is developing a program to help students control or
prevent obesity.
Which two approaches will promote long-term student success?
Choose 2 answers
a. Talk with the students daily about dieting to lose weight.
,b. Encourage students to critique media messages about food.
c. Focus praise on students who maintain exercise programs.
d. Avoid using food as a reward for students' accomplishments. - ✔✔b.
Encourage students to critique media messages about food.
d. Avoid using food as a reward for students' accomplishments.
A nurse assesses a patient with prediabetes and finds that the patient has an
elevated fasting blood glucose level. The nurse suggests that the patient begin a
moderate exercise program.
How will an exercise program affect the patient's health?
a. It will decrease the risk of hyperglycemia
b. It will decrease levels of HDL cholesterol
c. It will increase insulin resistance
d. It will increase insulin production from the pancreas - ✔✔d. It will increase
insulin production from the pancreas
A nurse educator is lecturing first-semester students on hunger.
,Which statement from a student indicates that teaching was effective?
a. Hunger is the inability to fully meet the basic needs of household members
b. Hunger is the uneasy or painful sensation caused by a lack of food
c. Hunger is the inadequate amount of food intake due to a lack of resources
d. Hunger is the limited or uncertain availability of a nutritionally adequate diet
- ✔✔b. Hunger is the uneasy or painful sensation caused by a lack of food
A nurse evaluates a patient's understanding about lifestyle modifications to
control hypertension.
Which statement made by the patient would indicate the need for further
instruction?
a. "I will reduce my sodium intake."
b. "I will start walking every day."
c. "I will keep fat intake below 40%."
, d. "I will keep my BMI under 25 kg/m 2." - ✔✔c. "I will keep fat intake below
40%."
A nurse evaluates a patient's understanding about lifestyle modifications to
control hypertension.
Which two statements from the patient would indicate the education was
effective?
Choose 2 answers
a. "I will decrease my daily sodium to 1,600 mg."
b. "I will walk briskly for 30 minutes most days."
c. "I will maintain my fat intake at 40%."
d. "I will keep my BMI at 30 to 35 kg/m 2." - ✔✔a. "I will decrease my daily
sodium to 1,600 mg."
b. "I will walk briskly for 30 minutes most days."
A nurse is counseling a woman who is considering pregnancy. The patient asks
about alcohol use during pregnancy.
Which statement by the nurse about alcohol use is accurate?
WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS/A+ GRADE
A community news report indicates that undercooked ground beef
contaminated with Escherichia coli (E. coli) was served to a large group of
people at a local restaurant.
Which condition should the community health facilities prepare to treat?
a. Encephalitis
b. Enteritis
c. Hepatitis
d. Meningitis - ✔✔b. Enteritis
A middle school nurse is developing a program to help students control or
prevent obesity.
Which two approaches will promote long-term student success?
Choose 2 answers
a. Talk with the students daily about dieting to lose weight.
,b. Encourage students to critique media messages about food.
c. Focus praise on students who maintain exercise programs.
d. Avoid using food as a reward for students' accomplishments. - ✔✔b.
Encourage students to critique media messages about food.
d. Avoid using food as a reward for students' accomplishments.
A nurse assesses a patient with prediabetes and finds that the patient has an
elevated fasting blood glucose level. The nurse suggests that the patient begin a
moderate exercise program.
How will an exercise program affect the patient's health?
a. It will decrease the risk of hyperglycemia
b. It will decrease levels of HDL cholesterol
c. It will increase insulin resistance
d. It will increase insulin production from the pancreas - ✔✔d. It will increase
insulin production from the pancreas
A nurse educator is lecturing first-semester students on hunger.
,Which statement from a student indicates that teaching was effective?
a. Hunger is the inability to fully meet the basic needs of household members
b. Hunger is the uneasy or painful sensation caused by a lack of food
c. Hunger is the inadequate amount of food intake due to a lack of resources
d. Hunger is the limited or uncertain availability of a nutritionally adequate diet
- ✔✔b. Hunger is the uneasy or painful sensation caused by a lack of food
A nurse evaluates a patient's understanding about lifestyle modifications to
control hypertension.
Which statement made by the patient would indicate the need for further
instruction?
a. "I will reduce my sodium intake."
b. "I will start walking every day."
c. "I will keep fat intake below 40%."
, d. "I will keep my BMI under 25 kg/m 2." - ✔✔c. "I will keep fat intake below
40%."
A nurse evaluates a patient's understanding about lifestyle modifications to
control hypertension.
Which two statements from the patient would indicate the education was
effective?
Choose 2 answers
a. "I will decrease my daily sodium to 1,600 mg."
b. "I will walk briskly for 30 minutes most days."
c. "I will maintain my fat intake at 40%."
d. "I will keep my BMI at 30 to 35 kg/m 2." - ✔✔a. "I will decrease my daily
sodium to 1,600 mg."
b. "I will walk briskly for 30 minutes most days."
A nurse is counseling a woman who is considering pregnancy. The patient asks
about alcohol use during pregnancy.
Which statement by the nurse about alcohol use is accurate?
