Nursing Nutrition Final Exam Questions
With Correct Answers
The nurse is seeing a client who needs to lower her sodium intake to reduce
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blood pressure. The client is concerned that the food taste quality will not be the
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same. Which of the following should the nurse suggest to this client? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-use herbs and spices to flavor the food | | | | | | |
The nurse is teaching a client with cholecystitis how to plan. What would be the
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best dessert for someone with cholecystitis? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-angel food
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cake
The nurse is providing education to a group of clients who are recently diagnosed
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with celiac disease. The nurse should include what food that should be avoided
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by clients with this disease? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-cream of wheat
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Which of the following disease processes necessitate a protein-restrircted diet? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-severe liver disease, renal failure
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The client is being discharged home on a high-protein diet. the client asks the
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nurse what would be the best dessert to help increase the intake of protein. The
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best response is? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Yogurt
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The nurse recognizes her client who has recently lost a lot of weight is at risk for
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refeeding syndrome. Refeeding syndrome results from the re-introduction of
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which of the following macronutrients? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-carbohydrates
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, The nurse is seeing a client who wants strategies for reducing the risk of
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cardiovascular disease. Which of the following strategies should the nurse
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recommend for increasing high-density lipoprotein (HDL-C) cholesterol? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-achieving a healthy body weight
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The nurse is conducting teaching with a client who is being discharged home with
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an ileostomy. The nurse should encourage increasing which of the following
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nutrients in the clients diet? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-salt
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The nurse is admitting a healthy adult woman to the out patient department for
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day surgery. The client weighs 70 kg. What is the clients recommended dietary
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allowance for protein? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-56g
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When asked by a client why the "Mediterranean" type diet is recommended by
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the American Heart Association. Which of the following is the nurses best
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response? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-high in unsaturated fat
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A nurse educator can be certain the students have a correct understanding of the
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difference between protein from carbohydrates and fats when they state protein
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contains what? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Nitrogen
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Which of the following snack choices by a patient with burns indicates they
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understand how to choose high protein, high calorie snacks? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Bagel w/ cream cheese, honey, & nuts on top | | | | | | | |
The nurse is caring for a patient with multiple large wounds. The nurse knows
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that which of the following nutrients will be most important during would
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healing? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-protein
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With Correct Answers
The nurse is seeing a client who needs to lower her sodium intake to reduce
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
blood pressure. The client is concerned that the food taste quality will not be the
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
same. Which of the following should the nurse suggest to this client? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-use herbs and spices to flavor the food | | | | | | |
The nurse is teaching a client with cholecystitis how to plan. What would be the
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
best dessert for someone with cholecystitis? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-angel food
| | | | | | | | | |
cake
The nurse is providing education to a group of clients who are recently diagnosed
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
with celiac disease. The nurse should include what food that should be avoided
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
by clients with this disease? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-cream of wheat
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Which of the following disease processes necessitate a protein-restrircted diet? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-severe liver disease, renal failure
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The client is being discharged home on a high-protein diet. the client asks the
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
nurse what would be the best dessert to help increase the intake of protein. The
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
best response is? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Yogurt
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The nurse recognizes her client who has recently lost a lot of weight is at risk for
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
refeeding syndrome. Refeeding syndrome results from the re-introduction of
| | | | | | | | |
which of the following macronutrients? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-carbohydrates
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, The nurse is seeing a client who wants strategies for reducing the risk of
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
cardiovascular disease. Which of the following strategies should the nurse
| | | | | | | | | |
recommend for increasing high-density lipoprotein (HDL-C) cholesterol? -
| | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-achieving a healthy body weight
| | | | |
The nurse is conducting teaching with a client who is being discharged home with
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
an ileostomy. The nurse should encourage increasing which of the following
| | | | | | | | | | | |
nutrients in the clients diet? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-salt
| | | | | | |
The nurse is admitting a healthy adult woman to the out patient department for
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
day surgery. The client weighs 70 kg. What is the clients recommended dietary
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
allowance for protein? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-56g
| | | | |
When asked by a client why the "Mediterranean" type diet is recommended by
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
the American Heart Association. Which of the following is the nurses best
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response? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-high in unsaturated fat
| | | | | |
A nurse educator can be certain the students have a correct understanding of the
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
difference between protein from carbohydrates and fats when they state protein
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contains what? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Nitrogen
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Which of the following snack choices by a patient with burns indicates they
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
understand how to choose high protein, high calorie snacks? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Bagel w/ cream cheese, honey, & nuts on top | | | | | | | |
The nurse is caring for a patient with multiple large wounds. The nurse knows
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
that which of the following nutrients will be most important during would
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healing? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-protein
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