NUTRITION ESSENTIALS FOR NURSING PRACTICE
Test Bank for Nutrition Essentials for Nursing Practice, 9th
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Test Bank for Nutrition Essentials for Nursing Practice, 9th
Edition by Susan Dudek| 9781975161125| All Chapters|
LATEST 2026
Testbankscove
, Nutrition Essentials for Nursing Practice 9th Edition Dudek Test Bank
q q q q q q q q q
Chapter 1 Nutrition in Health and Health Care
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& Chapter 2 Guidelines for Healthy Eating
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MULTIPLE CHOICE q
1. Examples of informal education include q q q q
a.attending a workshop on coronary artery disease sponsored by the American Heart
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Association.
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b.watching a television show about diabetes. q q q q q
c.learning about food safety techniques in a high school economics course.
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d.joining a support group to help overcome an eating disorder.
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ANS: B q
Watching a television show about diabetes is an example of informal education because it
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q is an experience that occurs through a daily activity. Attending a workshop or joining a
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support group would be considered nonformal education; a high school course would be
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DIF:Cognitive Level: ApplyingREFage 6 q q q
TOP: Nursing Process: Implementation MSC: Client Needs: Health promotion and
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maintenance
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2. A college student exercises regularly and generally eats a healthy variety of foods, is
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taking a course in general nutrition, buys locally produced food whenever possible, is
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an active member of an on-campus faith-based organization, and keeps a journal to
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q in order to develop her overall wellness?
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a. Growing some of her own food q q q q q
b. Keeping a food record to help evaluate what she eats
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c. Eating meals with friends throughout the week
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d. Meeting with a registered dietitian to review her food
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, Wellness enhances a persons level of health through development of each of the six
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q dimensions of health: physical health, intellectual health, emotional health, social
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health, spiritual health, and environmental health. Exercise and eating a health variety
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of foods help develop physical health; taking a course in general nutrition helps
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q develop intellectual health; buying locally produced food helps develop
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health; and keeping a journal helps develop emotional health. The missing dimension
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