HESI Nutrition Exam Questions and
Answers with Complete Rationales |
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• What should the RN teach about recommending client replace
saturated fats and healthier fats -✓✓lowers the amount of low density
lipoprotein in the blood
• value of a protein supplement after surgery -✓✓add'l protein promotes
tissue healing post-0p
• Pernicious anmia assoc with what vitamin deficiency? -✓✓B12
• What illness from bad can of beans -✓✓clostridium botulinum
• Likelihood of aging and creating a byproduct that is not health -✓✓jar
of peanut butter
• What statement indicates new mom needs more instruction for
breastfeeding -✓✓drink a glass of wine while breastfeeding to help milk
let down
• PKU should eliminate -✓✓chicken and fish
• low residue diet client should avoid -✓✓hard salami
• stool guaiac test - what do you not eat 3 days before -✓✓raw broccoli
• Mild hypertension diet recommendation? -✓✓decrease intake of
canned foods
• Foods to prevent osteoporosis -✓✓canned tuna
,• Client should limit what with cirrhosis -✓✓peanut butter
• client choice that shows they understand low-fat, high fiber -
✓✓vegetable soup, carrots, legumes, celery, toasted oat bread, and an
apple
• foods to instruct chemo patient to eat -✓✓broccoli/cauliflower/boiled
eggs
baked potatoes
pastas
• What do you not feed a baby before 12 mo for fear of botulism -
✓✓honey
• what factor is most likely contributing to older client's malnutrition -
✓✓loss of teeth or poorly fitting dentures
• which client will have the best response to a high protein diet? -
✓✓client recovering from illness/surgery
• what outcome of diet therapy would the RN consider good response for
HF client -✓✓control fluid balance
• nifedipine - what beverage to avoid -✓✓grapefruit juice
• How any g/day should RN instruct pregnant woman to add to her diet?
-✓✓pre-pregnant weight divided by 2 = protein needs
• most common problem in accuracy of client reporting daily food intake
-✓✓under reporting of food intake
• Recommendation to obese adolescent -✓✓limit juices and soda drinks
, • which info should the RN use to assess a client's nutritional status
before the procedure -✓✓subjective global assessment
• why is increasing magnesium important -✓✓enhances the synthesis of
proteins, nucleic acids, and fats
• Primipara from mexico should include what in her diet -✓✓red meats
leafy greens
fresh fruits
• riboflavin rich foods -✓✓enriched cereals
• The PN is reinforcing dietary instructions to the parents of a 6 month
old baby boy diagnosed with PKU phenylketonuria. What should the PN
direct the patients to eliminate from his diet? -✓✓Chicken and fish
• The PN obtains the assistance of an interpreter when caing for a
primiparous client from mexico who speaks very little English and
delivered a full term neonate yesterday. When informing the postpartum
dietary plan of care for the client, what should the PN tell the interpreter
to encourage her to include in her diet? select all that apply. -✓✓Red
meats, leafy greens, fresh fruits
• The practical nurse is caring for a client who was recently diagnosed
with cirrhosis of the liver. Which foods should be limited in the client's
diet? -✓✓Peanut butter
• The PN is preparing a client for surgery. Which criteria should the PN
use to determine a client's nutritional status before the procedure? -
✓✓Subjective global assessment
Answers with Complete Rationales |
Verified | A+ Guide
• What should the RN teach about recommending client replace
saturated fats and healthier fats -✓✓lowers the amount of low density
lipoprotein in the blood
• value of a protein supplement after surgery -✓✓add'l protein promotes
tissue healing post-0p
• Pernicious anmia assoc with what vitamin deficiency? -✓✓B12
• What illness from bad can of beans -✓✓clostridium botulinum
• Likelihood of aging and creating a byproduct that is not health -✓✓jar
of peanut butter
• What statement indicates new mom needs more instruction for
breastfeeding -✓✓drink a glass of wine while breastfeeding to help milk
let down
• PKU should eliminate -✓✓chicken and fish
• low residue diet client should avoid -✓✓hard salami
• stool guaiac test - what do you not eat 3 days before -✓✓raw broccoli
• Mild hypertension diet recommendation? -✓✓decrease intake of
canned foods
• Foods to prevent osteoporosis -✓✓canned tuna
,• Client should limit what with cirrhosis -✓✓peanut butter
• client choice that shows they understand low-fat, high fiber -
✓✓vegetable soup, carrots, legumes, celery, toasted oat bread, and an
apple
• foods to instruct chemo patient to eat -✓✓broccoli/cauliflower/boiled
eggs
baked potatoes
pastas
• What do you not feed a baby before 12 mo for fear of botulism -
✓✓honey
• what factor is most likely contributing to older client's malnutrition -
✓✓loss of teeth or poorly fitting dentures
• which client will have the best response to a high protein diet? -
✓✓client recovering from illness/surgery
• what outcome of diet therapy would the RN consider good response for
HF client -✓✓control fluid balance
• nifedipine - what beverage to avoid -✓✓grapefruit juice
• How any g/day should RN instruct pregnant woman to add to her diet?
-✓✓pre-pregnant weight divided by 2 = protein needs
• most common problem in accuracy of client reporting daily food intake
-✓✓under reporting of food intake
• Recommendation to obese adolescent -✓✓limit juices and soda drinks
, • which info should the RN use to assess a client's nutritional status
before the procedure -✓✓subjective global assessment
• why is increasing magnesium important -✓✓enhances the synthesis of
proteins, nucleic acids, and fats
• Primipara from mexico should include what in her diet -✓✓red meats
leafy greens
fresh fruits
• riboflavin rich foods -✓✓enriched cereals
• The PN is reinforcing dietary instructions to the parents of a 6 month
old baby boy diagnosed with PKU phenylketonuria. What should the PN
direct the patients to eliminate from his diet? -✓✓Chicken and fish
• The PN obtains the assistance of an interpreter when caing for a
primiparous client from mexico who speaks very little English and
delivered a full term neonate yesterday. When informing the postpartum
dietary plan of care for the client, what should the PN tell the interpreter
to encourage her to include in her diet? select all that apply. -✓✓Red
meats, leafy greens, fresh fruits
• The practical nurse is caring for a client who was recently diagnosed
with cirrhosis of the liver. Which foods should be limited in the client's
diet? -✓✓Peanut butter
• The PN is preparing a client for surgery. Which criteria should the PN
use to determine a client's nutritional status before the procedure? -
✓✓Subjective global assessment
