ATI Nutrition A Exam Questions with complete solutions

you are admitting a patient with anorexia what measures will you take regarding food - ANSWER-assign privileges based on weight gain what food item is appropriate to consume for a patient who has celiac disease - ANSWER-potatoes (gluten free) (food items that are not gluten free: bread, pudding, brand muffin, graham cracker), For this disease, eliminate gluten from diet, give vitamin (ADEK - fat soluble) supplements. Can have rice & corn. It is a chronic, inherited, genetic disorder with autoimmune characteristics. Clients who have celiac disease are unable to digest the protein gluten. They lack the digestive enzyme DPP-IV, which is required to break down the gluten into molecules small enough to be used by the body. In celiac disease, gluten is broken down into peptide strands instead molecules. The body is not able to metabolize the peptides. If untreated, the client will suffer destruction of the villa and the walls of the small intestine. Celiac disease may go undiagnosed in both children and adults. a patient with diabetes 1 mellitus assess somogyi phenomenon - ANSWER-monitor blood glucose levels during the night when performing enteral tube feeding you must - ANSWER-increase volume of formula over first 4-6 feedings , a method of feeding by providing a liquid diet directly to the stomach or intestine through a tube placed down the throat or through the wall of the GI tract what is a normal lab value for a person with type 2 diabetes - ANSWER-HbA1c of 6.5% abnormal: serum creatine 1.5 mg/dL BUN of 25 mg/dL pre-meal blood glucose of 145 mg/dL If you had a fasting blood glucose test: •A level of 100-125mg/dL means you have impaired fasting glucose, a type of prediabetes. This increases your risk for type 2 diabetes. •A level of 126 mg/dL and higher most often means you have diabetes