CMS Nutrition
comprehensive Exam
Questions & Answers
2024/2025
CMS Nutrition
A nurse is assessing a client's risk for pressure injuries using a skin risk
assessment tool. The client eats more than half of most meals but
occasionally refuses a meal. Which of the following information should
the nurse document on the nutrition category of the skin risk assessment
tool
adequate
- a client who eats more than half of most meals, occasionally refuses a
meal, and has four servings of protein each day scores a 3 (adequate) in
the nutrition category of the skin risk assessment tool
,A nurse is providing discharge teaching to a client who has Parkinson's
disease and a prescription for levodopa-carbidopa. Which of the
following foods should the nurse instruct the client to consume with the
medication
one slice wheat toast
- absorprtion of levodopa-carbidopa decreases when consumed with
protein, one slice of wheat toast is the lowest source of protein at 3 g per
slice
a nurse is teaching a client who has chronic kidney disease about
limiting dietary calcium intake. Which of the following food choices
should the nurse include in the teaching as having the highest amount of
calcium
1 cup low-fat yogurt
- the nurse should determine that low fat yogurt contains 314 mg of
calcium per cup, which is the highest amount of calcium; therefore the
client should limit low fat yogurt int he diet
A nurse is caring for a client who is receiving intermittent enteral
feedings every 4 hours via an NG tube. Which of the following actions
should the nurse take to reduce the risk for aspiration
place the client in a semi-fowler's position
, a nurse is admitting a client who has had a fever and diarrhea for the past
3 days. which of the following findings should indicate to the nurse the
client is dehydrated
orthostatic hypotension
- the nurse shoudl identify a client who is dehydrated can experience
orthostatic hypotension due to the fluid loss from the clients body, which
causes low blood volume, resulting in low blood pressure
a nurse is creating a plan of care for a client who has mucositis
following head and neck radiation therapy to treat cancer. which of the
following interventions shoudl th enurse include in the plan
increase fluid intake to 2 L per day
- to promote hydration and peristalsis
a nurse is assessing a client who has an elevated blood pressure,
headache, and is sweating. the client recently started taking an MAOI.
the nurse should question the client regarding the consumption of which
of the following foods
cheddar cheese
- avoid consumption of most types of cheese adn other foods than
contain high levels of tyramine, which can lead to hypertensive crisis
comprehensive Exam
Questions & Answers
2024/2025
CMS Nutrition
A nurse is assessing a client's risk for pressure injuries using a skin risk
assessment tool. The client eats more than half of most meals but
occasionally refuses a meal. Which of the following information should
the nurse document on the nutrition category of the skin risk assessment
tool
adequate
- a client who eats more than half of most meals, occasionally refuses a
meal, and has four servings of protein each day scores a 3 (adequate) in
the nutrition category of the skin risk assessment tool
,A nurse is providing discharge teaching to a client who has Parkinson's
disease and a prescription for levodopa-carbidopa. Which of the
following foods should the nurse instruct the client to consume with the
medication
one slice wheat toast
- absorprtion of levodopa-carbidopa decreases when consumed with
protein, one slice of wheat toast is the lowest source of protein at 3 g per
slice
a nurse is teaching a client who has chronic kidney disease about
limiting dietary calcium intake. Which of the following food choices
should the nurse include in the teaching as having the highest amount of
calcium
1 cup low-fat yogurt
- the nurse should determine that low fat yogurt contains 314 mg of
calcium per cup, which is the highest amount of calcium; therefore the
client should limit low fat yogurt int he diet
A nurse is caring for a client who is receiving intermittent enteral
feedings every 4 hours via an NG tube. Which of the following actions
should the nurse take to reduce the risk for aspiration
place the client in a semi-fowler's position
, a nurse is admitting a client who has had a fever and diarrhea for the past
3 days. which of the following findings should indicate to the nurse the
client is dehydrated
orthostatic hypotension
- the nurse shoudl identify a client who is dehydrated can experience
orthostatic hypotension due to the fluid loss from the clients body, which
causes low blood volume, resulting in low blood pressure
a nurse is creating a plan of care for a client who has mucositis
following head and neck radiation therapy to treat cancer. which of the
following interventions shoudl th enurse include in the plan
increase fluid intake to 2 L per day
- to promote hydration and peristalsis
a nurse is assessing a client who has an elevated blood pressure,
headache, and is sweating. the client recently started taking an MAOI.
the nurse should question the client regarding the consumption of which
of the following foods
cheddar cheese
- avoid consumption of most types of cheese adn other foods than
contain high levels of tyramine, which can lead to hypertensive crisis
