HESI NUTRITION PRACTICE FULL SOLUTION
STUDY GUIDE
◉ PKU should eliminate
Answer: chicken and fish
◉ low residue diet client should avoid
Answer: hard salami
◉ stool guaiac test - what do you not eat 3 days before
Answer: raw broccoli
◉ Mild hypertension diet recommendation?
Answer: decrease intake of canned foods
◉ Foods to prevent osteoporosis
Answer: canned tuna
◉ Client should limit what with cirrhosis
Answer: peanut butter
,◉ client choice that shows they understand low-fat, high fiber
Answer: vegetable soup, carrots, legumes, celery, toasted oat bread,
and an apple
◉ foods to instruct chemo patient to eat
Answer: broccoli/cauliflower/boiled eggs
baked potatoes
pastas
◉ What do you not feed a baby before 12 mo for fear of botulism
Answer: honey
◉ what factor is most likely contributing to older client's
malnutrition
Answer: loss of teeth or poorly fitting dentures
◉ which client will have the best response to a high protein diet?
Answer: client recovering from illness/surgery
◉ what outcome of diet therapy would the RN consider good
response for HF client
Answer: control fluid balance
,◉ nifedipine - what beverage to avoid
Answer: grapefruit juice
◉ How any g/day should RN instruct pregnant woman to add to her
diet?
Answer: pre-pregnant weight divided by 2 = protein needs
◉ most common problem in accuracy of client reporting daily food
intake
Answer: under reporting of food intake
◉ Recommendation to obese adolescent
Answer: limit juices and soda drinks
◉ which info should the RN use to assess a client's nutritional status
before the procedure
Answer: subjective global assessment
◉ why is increasing magnesium important
Answer: enhances the synthesis of proteins, nucleic acids, and fats
, ◉ Primipara from mexico should include what in her diet
Answer: red meats
leafy greens
fresh fruits
◉ riboflavin rich foods
Answer: 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?
Answer: 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.
Answer: 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?
STUDY GUIDE
◉ PKU should eliminate
Answer: chicken and fish
◉ low residue diet client should avoid
Answer: hard salami
◉ stool guaiac test - what do you not eat 3 days before
Answer: raw broccoli
◉ Mild hypertension diet recommendation?
Answer: decrease intake of canned foods
◉ Foods to prevent osteoporosis
Answer: canned tuna
◉ Client should limit what with cirrhosis
Answer: peanut butter
,◉ client choice that shows they understand low-fat, high fiber
Answer: vegetable soup, carrots, legumes, celery, toasted oat bread,
and an apple
◉ foods to instruct chemo patient to eat
Answer: broccoli/cauliflower/boiled eggs
baked potatoes
pastas
◉ What do you not feed a baby before 12 mo for fear of botulism
Answer: honey
◉ what factor is most likely contributing to older client's
malnutrition
Answer: loss of teeth or poorly fitting dentures
◉ which client will have the best response to a high protein diet?
Answer: client recovering from illness/surgery
◉ what outcome of diet therapy would the RN consider good
response for HF client
Answer: control fluid balance
,◉ nifedipine - what beverage to avoid
Answer: grapefruit juice
◉ How any g/day should RN instruct pregnant woman to add to her
diet?
Answer: pre-pregnant weight divided by 2 = protein needs
◉ most common problem in accuracy of client reporting daily food
intake
Answer: under reporting of food intake
◉ Recommendation to obese adolescent
Answer: limit juices and soda drinks
◉ which info should the RN use to assess a client's nutritional status
before the procedure
Answer: subjective global assessment
◉ why is increasing magnesium important
Answer: enhances the synthesis of proteins, nucleic acids, and fats
, ◉ Primipara from mexico should include what in her diet
Answer: red meats
leafy greens
fresh fruits
◉ riboflavin rich foods
Answer: 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?
Answer: 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.
Answer: 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?
