QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Which statements about nutrition are correct? Select all that apply.
Fats are unhealthy and should be avoided.
Vegetables can be eaten with other vegetables to make a complete protein.
Carbohydrates raise blood glucose levels.
Vitamin supplements are recommended for everyone.
Micronutrients are foods that are consumed in small amounts. - ✔✔Vegetables can be
eaten with other vegetables to make a complete protein.
Carbohydrates raise blood glucose levels.
✔✔The basal metabolic rate is impacted by which factors? Select all that apply.
Muscle mass
Body temperature
Environmental temperature
Sleep patterns
Disease process - ✔✔Muscle mass
Body temperature
Environmental temperature
Disease process
✔✔A client reports that he follows a strict vegetarian diet. What recommendations
should the nurse
give? Select all that apply.
Increase intake of food fortified with vitamin B12 and B12 supplements.
The client should add meat to the diet; a vegetarian diet is not advised.
The client should use nonstick cookware to prepare food.
Sun exposure can help compensate for lack of dietary vitamin D.
Eat foods containing vitamin C to improve iron absorption. - ✔✔Increase intake of food
fortified with vitamin B12 and B12 supplements.
Sun exposure can help compensate for lack of dietary vitamin D.
Eat foods containing vitamin C to improve iron absorption.
✔✔The nurse is teaching nutrition counseling to a client with cholecystitis and
discussing the need to
avoid fatty foods. What foods should be avoided? Select all that apply.
Salmon
Beans
, Avocados
Bread
Oranges - ✔✔Salmon
Avocados
✔✔To promote wound healing, the nurse is teaching a patient about choosing foods
containing protein.
Which foods are incomplete proteins that should be consumed with a complementary
protein? Select all that apply.
Whole grain bread
Peanut butter
Turkey
Cheese
Refried beans - ✔✔Whole grain bread
Peanut butter
Refried beans
✔✔The nurse is teaching a patient about the importance of reducing saturated fats in a
cardiac diet.
Which oils should the nurse recommend as options? Select all that apply.
Palm oil
Coconut oil
Cottonseed oil
Peanut oil
Olive oil - ✔✔Cottonseed oil
Peanut oil
Olive oil
✔✔Which is the correct formula for calculating body mass index?
Weight in pounds ÷ (height in inches)2
Weight in pounds ÷ (height in meters)2
Weight in kg ÷ (height in meters)2
Weight in kg ÷ (height in inches)2 - ✔✔Weight in kg ÷ (height in meters)2
✔✔What are the parts of a comprehensive nutritional assessment? Select all that apply.
Body composition
Physical assessment
Laboratory findings
Body surface area