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HESI: Altered Nutrition Questions and
Answers | Latest Version | 2025/2026 | Correct & Verified
A nurse notices a patient with dysphagia coughs after drinking water. What is the safest intervention?✔✔Offer thickened liquids instead of thin fluids
A client receiving tube feedings reports abdominal cramping. What should the nurse do first?✔✔Slow the infusion rate
A patient is ordered NPO before surgery but requests water. What should the nurse explain?✔✔NPO prevents aspiration during anesthesia
A client with severe anorexia nervosa is admitted. What is the nurse’s priority action?✔✔Monitor vital signs and cardiac status closely
A patient on parenteral nutrition develops fever and chills. What should the nurse suspect?✔✔Catheter-related infection 1 / 3
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A nurse finds residual of 200 mL in a client receiving continuous tube feeding. What is the best action?✔✔Hold the feeding and notify the provider
A patient with advanced COPD is losing weight rapidly. What nursing intervention is most helpful?✔✔Provide small, frequent, high-calorie meals
A client with dementia refuses to eat meals. What is the best nursing approach?✔✔Offer finger foods that are easy to handle
A nurse cares for a client with dumping syndrome after gastric surgery. What is the best teaching?✔✔Eat small, frequent meals and lie down after eating
A patient with dysphagia is prescribed a pureed diet. What is the nurse’s role before feeding?✔✔Check for gag reflex and ability to swallow 2 / 3
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A client receiving total parenteral nutrition (TPN) reports sudden chest pain and shortness of breath. What is the priority nursing action?✔✔Place the patient on their left side in Trendelenburg position and call for help
A nurse observes a client with malnutrition has brittle hair and edema. What is the likely explanation?✔✔Protein deficiency
A patient receiving enteral nutrition has frequent diarrhea. What should the nurse consider?✔✔Formula intolerance
A client with dysphagia pockets food in the cheeks. What is the best nursing intervention?✔✔Encourage swallowing before offering the next bite
A patient with nausea after chemotherapy cannot tolerate large meals. What should the nurse suggest?✔✔Offer small, bland meals throughout the day
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