ATI NUTRITION LATEST 2026 CORE EXAM MANUAL
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔failure to thrive - ✔✔eliminate environmental disruptions during meals
schedule meal times at same time each day
continue to feed despite negative behavior
limit fruit juice to no more than 120 ml per day
maintain unhurried meal time of 20-30 min per meal
✔✔highest source of calcium to prevent osteoporosis - ✔✔roasted almonds
✔✔sources of zinc - ✔✔ground beef patty
✔✔reviewing solid foods to a parent of 4-month infant - ✔✔introduce new solid food
every 4-7 days to avoid food allegies
✔✔Somogyi phenomenon - ✔✔monitor BG during the night
✔✔Pakinson's disease and dysphagia - ✔✔offer high calorie diet because muscular
rigidity increases metabolic rate
✔✔cancer prevention - ✔✔eat at least 2.5 cups of fruits and veggies each day to
maintain body weight and reduce risk of cancer of lung and GI system
✔✔contraindication of MAOI - ✔✔cheddar cheese = tyramine
✔✔mineral cause constipation - ✔✔Calcium decrease peristalsis
✔✔excessive potassium - ✔✔cause vomiting
✔✔excessive magnesium - ✔✔cause diarrhea and cramping
✔✔enteral tube feeding - ✔✔place client in Fowler's
verify placement
check residual
flush tubing
✔✔Breastfeeding - ✔✔nutritionally complete to support grown and development up to 6
months
,✔✔first thing to do if obese and wants to lose weight - ✔✔Obtain a 24-hr recall
✔✔Islamic dietary law
during Ramadan - ✔✔provide snack for the client after sunset and before dawn
✔✔Parkinsons findings - ✔✔The client drools while eating --> risk for aspiration from
dysphagia
✔✔nurse action who has dysphagia with oral feeding - ✔✔palpate client's throat during
swallowing
position at high fowler's 90 degree
inspect food pockets in mouth before feeding
allow rest for 30 min before meals
flex chin down
✔✔stress management - ✔✔I will take a long walk every evening
✔✔family with hx of cardiovascular disease - ✔✔increase diet fiber, potassium, proteins
✔✔cardiovascular disease diet recommendation - ✔✔use canola oil instead of lard for
frying
increase raw and cooked veggies
limit intake of lean meat, poultry, and fish to 2.5-3 oz
✔✔nutrient-dense food choice - ✔✔canned pinto beans are better choice than refried
beans
✔✔reduce risk of aspiration in client with continuous enteral feedings via NG tube -
✔✔position client on right side
✔✔prenatal education for expecting mothers who plan to breastfeed - ✔✔plan 5 min
feedings on each breast on first day after birth to promote milk production
breast feed on demand
avoid supplements formula
✔✔clients who has HIV, indication to increase client's nutritional intake - ✔✔presence of
herpes simplex virus infection
- this is a response that increase metabolic rate (trauma)
, ✔✔overweight about nutritional recommendation during pregnancy - ✔✔take iron
supplements during pregnancy
✔✔what to avoid when using Nifedipine, Atorvastatin - ✔✔Grapefruit juice
✔✔Reduce nausea during pregnancy - ✔✔I will eat dry cereal (carbs) before i get out of
bed
✔✔60 mL/hr x 8
plus 50ml x 2 - ✔✔580 mL
✔✔Acute pancreatitis lab findings - ✔✔increased glucose due to decrease insulin
production
✔✔Client wants to lose weight - ✔✔recommend client make a list before going grocery
shopping
✔✔Chronic kidney disease and hemodialysis
nurse first action - ✔✔determine whether client has culture elated food preference
✔✔patient in chemotherapy suggest to aid in management of change in taste - ✔✔use
plastic utensil to minimize metallic taste
✔✔hyperlipidemia - reduce solid fat - ✔✔limit meat to 5 oz per day
✔✔manifestation of dysphagia - ✔✔change in voice after eating because partially
swallowed food indicate alter in voice
✔✔TPN - delay in delivering next bag of TPN - ✔✔infuse dextrose 10% in water when
current infusion ends to decrease risk of hypoglycemia
✔✔Orthodox Judaism adheres to a kosher diet - ✔✔vegetable salad with cheese
- can eat dairy product with non meat but not dairy with meat (no turkey and cheese)
no pork, shrimp
✔✔highest glycemic index - ✔✔baked potato
✔✔new Rx of enteral nutrition by intermittent tube feeding - ✔✔increase volume of
formula over first 4-6 feedings to promote tolerance
✔✔ileostomy - ✔✔prepare meals on a schedule to promote regular elimination patterns
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔failure to thrive - ✔✔eliminate environmental disruptions during meals
schedule meal times at same time each day
continue to feed despite negative behavior
limit fruit juice to no more than 120 ml per day
maintain unhurried meal time of 20-30 min per meal
✔✔highest source of calcium to prevent osteoporosis - ✔✔roasted almonds
✔✔sources of zinc - ✔✔ground beef patty
✔✔reviewing solid foods to a parent of 4-month infant - ✔✔introduce new solid food
every 4-7 days to avoid food allegies
✔✔Somogyi phenomenon - ✔✔monitor BG during the night
✔✔Pakinson's disease and dysphagia - ✔✔offer high calorie diet because muscular
rigidity increases metabolic rate
✔✔cancer prevention - ✔✔eat at least 2.5 cups of fruits and veggies each day to
maintain body weight and reduce risk of cancer of lung and GI system
✔✔contraindication of MAOI - ✔✔cheddar cheese = tyramine
✔✔mineral cause constipation - ✔✔Calcium decrease peristalsis
✔✔excessive potassium - ✔✔cause vomiting
✔✔excessive magnesium - ✔✔cause diarrhea and cramping
✔✔enteral tube feeding - ✔✔place client in Fowler's
verify placement
check residual
flush tubing
✔✔Breastfeeding - ✔✔nutritionally complete to support grown and development up to 6
months
,✔✔first thing to do if obese and wants to lose weight - ✔✔Obtain a 24-hr recall
✔✔Islamic dietary law
during Ramadan - ✔✔provide snack for the client after sunset and before dawn
✔✔Parkinsons findings - ✔✔The client drools while eating --> risk for aspiration from
dysphagia
✔✔nurse action who has dysphagia with oral feeding - ✔✔palpate client's throat during
swallowing
position at high fowler's 90 degree
inspect food pockets in mouth before feeding
allow rest for 30 min before meals
flex chin down
✔✔stress management - ✔✔I will take a long walk every evening
✔✔family with hx of cardiovascular disease - ✔✔increase diet fiber, potassium, proteins
✔✔cardiovascular disease diet recommendation - ✔✔use canola oil instead of lard for
frying
increase raw and cooked veggies
limit intake of lean meat, poultry, and fish to 2.5-3 oz
✔✔nutrient-dense food choice - ✔✔canned pinto beans are better choice than refried
beans
✔✔reduce risk of aspiration in client with continuous enteral feedings via NG tube -
✔✔position client on right side
✔✔prenatal education for expecting mothers who plan to breastfeed - ✔✔plan 5 min
feedings on each breast on first day after birth to promote milk production
breast feed on demand
avoid supplements formula
✔✔clients who has HIV, indication to increase client's nutritional intake - ✔✔presence of
herpes simplex virus infection
- this is a response that increase metabolic rate (trauma)
, ✔✔overweight about nutritional recommendation during pregnancy - ✔✔take iron
supplements during pregnancy
✔✔what to avoid when using Nifedipine, Atorvastatin - ✔✔Grapefruit juice
✔✔Reduce nausea during pregnancy - ✔✔I will eat dry cereal (carbs) before i get out of
bed
✔✔60 mL/hr x 8
plus 50ml x 2 - ✔✔580 mL
✔✔Acute pancreatitis lab findings - ✔✔increased glucose due to decrease insulin
production
✔✔Client wants to lose weight - ✔✔recommend client make a list before going grocery
shopping
✔✔Chronic kidney disease and hemodialysis
nurse first action - ✔✔determine whether client has culture elated food preference
✔✔patient in chemotherapy suggest to aid in management of change in taste - ✔✔use
plastic utensil to minimize metallic taste
✔✔hyperlipidemia - reduce solid fat - ✔✔limit meat to 5 oz per day
✔✔manifestation of dysphagia - ✔✔change in voice after eating because partially
swallowed food indicate alter in voice
✔✔TPN - delay in delivering next bag of TPN - ✔✔infuse dextrose 10% in water when
current infusion ends to decrease risk of hypoglycemia
✔✔Orthodox Judaism adheres to a kosher diet - ✔✔vegetable salad with cheese
- can eat dairy product with non meat but not dairy with meat (no turkey and cheese)
no pork, shrimp
✔✔highest glycemic index - ✔✔baked potato
✔✔new Rx of enteral nutrition by intermittent tube feeding - ✔✔increase volume of
formula over first 4-6 feedings to promote tolerance
✔✔ileostomy - ✔✔prepare meals on a schedule to promote regular elimination patterns
