HESI Nutrition Practice Exam with
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Clostridium botulinum - ✔✔foodborne illness that most commonly occurs with inappropriate
preparation of canning foods
Samonella typhi - ✔✔foodborne illness that is most common with undercooked meats
Listeria monocytogenes - ✔✔Foodborne illness that is most common with unpasteurized dairy
or undercooked meats
Campylobacter jejuni - ✔✔foodborne illness that is found in water sources or unpasteurzed
dairy, and is transferred by chickens and birds through feces
What type of food item should the RN recommend to a client who recently had a total
colectomy and colostomy? - ✔✔Foods like Chicken Noodle Soup where there is no residual gas
production after eating and digesting. Foods like carbonated beverages, boiled cabbage, and
bean burritos create a large amount of gas after digestion, which can be embarrassing and
uncomfortable for the client.
The RN is teaching an obese adolescent. What is an effective strategy for the RN to recommend
to the adolescent about weight management? - ✔✔Limit juices and soda drinks. Based on
national reports by the CDC, an adolescent drinks an average of 22 ounces of full-calorie sodas
per day. Changing this habit can render immediate results if the adolescent eliminates or limits
drinking juices and commercial soda drinks.
The RN is teaching a client who has a goal of losing 25 lbs about diet and weight loss. Which is
the most common problem that the RN should recognize about the accuracy of client reporting
about daily food intake? - ✔✔Under reporting of food intake. A client is more likely to under
report what has been eaten due to the embarrassment or inability to comply with the weight
loss goal.
Answers
Clostridium botulinum - ✔✔foodborne illness that most commonly occurs with inappropriate
preparation of canning foods
Samonella typhi - ✔✔foodborne illness that is most common with undercooked meats
Listeria monocytogenes - ✔✔Foodborne illness that is most common with unpasteurized dairy
or undercooked meats
Campylobacter jejuni - ✔✔foodborne illness that is found in water sources or unpasteurzed
dairy, and is transferred by chickens and birds through feces
What type of food item should the RN recommend to a client who recently had a total
colectomy and colostomy? - ✔✔Foods like Chicken Noodle Soup where there is no residual gas
production after eating and digesting. Foods like carbonated beverages, boiled cabbage, and
bean burritos create a large amount of gas after digestion, which can be embarrassing and
uncomfortable for the client.
The RN is teaching an obese adolescent. What is an effective strategy for the RN to recommend
to the adolescent about weight management? - ✔✔Limit juices and soda drinks. Based on
national reports by the CDC, an adolescent drinks an average of 22 ounces of full-calorie sodas
per day. Changing this habit can render immediate results if the adolescent eliminates or limits
drinking juices and commercial soda drinks.
The RN is teaching a client who has a goal of losing 25 lbs about diet and weight loss. Which is
the most common problem that the RN should recognize about the accuracy of client reporting
about daily food intake? - ✔✔Under reporting of food intake. A client is more likely to under
report what has been eaten due to the embarrassment or inability to comply with the weight
loss goal.
