featuring 500 comprehensive practice
questions and verified answers covering all
major nursing categories, including
pharmacology, health promotion, physiological
integrity, and coordinated care.
Which statement made by an adult patient demonstrates an
understanding of healthy nutrition teaching?
A. I need to stop eating red meat.
B. I will increase the servings of fruit juice to four a day.
C. I will make sure that I eat a balanced diet and exercise
regularly.
D. I will not eat so many dark green vegetables and eat more
yellow vegetables. - __100% correct answer as C. I will
make sure that I eat a balanced diet and exercise regularly.
The nurse teaches a patient who has had surgery to increase
which nutrient to help with tissue repair?
,A. Fat
B. Protein
C. Vitamin
D. Carbohydrate - __100% correct answer as B. Protein
A client is receiving an enteral feeding that delivers 1.5
calories/mL. The feeding is infusing at 30 mL/hr via a feeding
pump. What is the maximal amount of calories the client
should receive in an 8-hour period if the tube feeding is not
interrupted? Fill in the blank. - __100% correct answer
as 360
A client has a serum sodium level of 151 mEq/L (151 mmol/L),
and the nurse reinforces dietary teaching about the types of
foods to avoid. The nurse determines that there is a need for
further teaching if the client states that which food choices are
good? Select all that apply - __100% correct answer as
Sauerkraut
American cheese
A newly pregnant client is asking how to prevent neural-tube
birth defects. The nurse reinforces which food choices to
,include in the diet? Select all that apply. - __100% correct
answer as Oranges
Broccoli
Grapefruit
The nurse has completed diet teaching for a client who has
been prescribed a low-sodium diet to treat hypertension. The
nurse determines that there is a need for further teaching
when the client makes which statement? - __100% correct
answer as "Fresh foods such as fruits and vegetables are
high in sodium."
The nurse is caring for a client following a total hip
replacement. The client has been diagnosed with iron
deficiency anemia. The nurse instructs the client to increase
intake of which foods? Select all that apply. - __100%
correct answer as Lean beef and chicken liver
Clams and mussels
The nurse is preparing to administer an intermittent tube
feeding to a client. The nurse aspirates and is unable to obtain
any residual tube feeding. Which action should the nurse take
, next? - __100% correct answer as Turn the client to the
side and attempt to aspirate again
A client with hypertension has been prescribed a low-sodium
diet. The nurse reinforcing instructions about foods that are
allowed should include which foods in a list provided to the
client? Select all that apply. - __100% correct answer as
Fresh tomato
Summer squash
A client in a long-term care facility is being prepared to be
discharged to home in 2 days. The client has been eating a
regular diet for a week, yet is still receiving intermittent enteral
tube feedings and will need to receive these feedings at home.
The client states concern about not being able to continue the
tube feedings at home with family caregivers. Which nursing
response would be appropriate at this time? - __100%
correct answer as "Tell me more about your concerns
with your feedings after going home."
A client is admitted to a long-term care facility with the
diagnosis of weight loss secondary to anorexia. The primary
health care provider inserts a nasogastric tube and prescribes a
tube feeding of a standard formula feeding to run at 50 mL/hr.