HESI Nutrition Practice Exam with
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An abdominal postoperative client has been tolerating a full liquid diet, and the nurse plans to
advance the diet to solid food as prescribed. The nurse collects data regarding which important
item before advancing the diet to solids? - ✔✔Dentition and ability to chew
The nurse is reinforcing instructions to a client about complete/high quality protein foods.
Which food choices would indicate the client understood the teaching? Select all that apply. -
✔✔EGGS
CHICKEN
The nurse is preparing to administer an intermittent tube feeding to a client. The nurse
aspirates 90 mL of residual from the tube. What should the nurse do? Select all that apply. -
✔✔Document the amount of residual.
Reinstill the residual and administer the feeding.
The nurse is developing a nutritional plan for an assigned client. Which is the most critical piece
of data to collect before formulating the plan? - ✔✔The presence of food allergies
A caregiver states that the client eats only about 25% of the food that is offered and is losing
weight. The caregiver asks the nurse about feeding the client by a tube into the stomach. Which
initial response by the nurse would be appropriate? - ✔✔"Tube feedings can provide adequate
amounts of required nutrients."
The nurse reinforces instructions to a client to increase the amount of riboflavin in the diet. The
nurse should tell the client to select which food item that is high in riboflavin? - ✔✔milk
Food sources of riboflavin include milk, lean meats, fish, and grains. Tomatoes and citrus fruits
are high in vitamin C. Green leafy vegetables are high in folic acid.
, The nurse reinforces dietary instructions to a client at risk for hypokalemia about the foods high
in potassium that should be included in the daily diet. The nurse determines the client has
understood if the client plans to include which foods in the diet? Select all that apply. -
✔✔Raisins
Kiwifruit
Bananas
Foods that are high in potassium include bananas, cantaloupe, kiwifruit, oranges, and dried
fruits such as raisins. Fruits low in potassium include apples, cherries, grapefruit, canned
peaches, pineapple, and cranberries.
A hospitalized client is a lacto-vegetarian. Which food item should the nurse remove from the
meal tray? - ✔✔Eggs
Lacto-vegetarians eat milk, cheese, and dairy foods but avoid meat, fish, poultry, and eggs.
he nurse reinforces instructions regarding diet for a client at risk for hypokalemia. The nurse
determines there is a need for further teaching when the client selects which foods as sources
high in potassium? Select all that apply. - ✔✔Bread and butter
Carrots and peas
Peppers and onions
Clients taking thiazide or loop diuretics need to have adequate potassium intake and benefit
from dietary teaching about the potassium values of foods. Bread and butter, carrots and peas,
and peppers and onions are relatively low sources of potassium. Meats and certain fruits and
vegetables are high in potassium and include beef and potato salad and avocados and
mushrooms.
The nurse is instructing a client with osteomalacia about appropriate food items to include in
the diet. Which food items should be included in the client's diet? Select all that apply. -
✔✔Wild caught salmon
Milk
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An abdominal postoperative client has been tolerating a full liquid diet, and the nurse plans to
advance the diet to solid food as prescribed. The nurse collects data regarding which important
item before advancing the diet to solids? - ✔✔Dentition and ability to chew
The nurse is reinforcing instructions to a client about complete/high quality protein foods.
Which food choices would indicate the client understood the teaching? Select all that apply. -
✔✔EGGS
CHICKEN
The nurse is preparing to administer an intermittent tube feeding to a client. The nurse
aspirates 90 mL of residual from the tube. What should the nurse do? Select all that apply. -
✔✔Document the amount of residual.
Reinstill the residual and administer the feeding.
The nurse is developing a nutritional plan for an assigned client. Which is the most critical piece
of data to collect before formulating the plan? - ✔✔The presence of food allergies
A caregiver states that the client eats only about 25% of the food that is offered and is losing
weight. The caregiver asks the nurse about feeding the client by a tube into the stomach. Which
initial response by the nurse would be appropriate? - ✔✔"Tube feedings can provide adequate
amounts of required nutrients."
The nurse reinforces instructions to a client to increase the amount of riboflavin in the diet. The
nurse should tell the client to select which food item that is high in riboflavin? - ✔✔milk
Food sources of riboflavin include milk, lean meats, fish, and grains. Tomatoes and citrus fruits
are high in vitamin C. Green leafy vegetables are high in folic acid.
, The nurse reinforces dietary instructions to a client at risk for hypokalemia about the foods high
in potassium that should be included in the daily diet. The nurse determines the client has
understood if the client plans to include which foods in the diet? Select all that apply. -
✔✔Raisins
Kiwifruit
Bananas
Foods that are high in potassium include bananas, cantaloupe, kiwifruit, oranges, and dried
fruits such as raisins. Fruits low in potassium include apples, cherries, grapefruit, canned
peaches, pineapple, and cranberries.
A hospitalized client is a lacto-vegetarian. Which food item should the nurse remove from the
meal tray? - ✔✔Eggs
Lacto-vegetarians eat milk, cheese, and dairy foods but avoid meat, fish, poultry, and eggs.
he nurse reinforces instructions regarding diet for a client at risk for hypokalemia. The nurse
determines there is a need for further teaching when the client selects which foods as sources
high in potassium? Select all that apply. - ✔✔Bread and butter
Carrots and peas
Peppers and onions
Clients taking thiazide or loop diuretics need to have adequate potassium intake and benefit
from dietary teaching about the potassium values of foods. Bread and butter, carrots and peas,
and peppers and onions are relatively low sources of potassium. Meats and certain fruits and
vegetables are high in potassium and include beef and potato salad and avocados and
mushrooms.
The nurse is instructing a client with osteomalacia about appropriate food items to include in
the diet. Which food items should be included in the client's diet? Select all that apply. -
✔✔Wild caught salmon
Milk
