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Newest 2025 HESI Nutrition Test Bank Featuring 200 Accurate And Verified Questions Covering Essential Topics Such As Macronutrients And Micronutrients, Therapeutic Diets, Nutritional Assessments, Enteral And Parenteral Nutrition, Cultural Considerations, And Client Education.Designed To Help Nursing Students Prepare For The HESI Nutrition Exam And NCLEX Readiness.
The nurse is caring for a client with cirrhosis of the liver. To minimize the effects of the disorder, the nurse teaches the client about foods that are high in thiamine. The nurse determines that the client has the best understanding of the dietary measures to follow if the client states an intention to increase the intake of which food?
- Pork
- Milk
- Chicken
- Broccoli - ANSWER- 1. Pork
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A client who is recovering from a surgery has been advanced from a clear liquid diet to a full
liquid diet. The client is looking forward to the diet change because he has been bored with the clear liquid diet. The nurse should offer which full liquid item to the client?
- Tea
- Gelatin
- Custard
- Ice pop - ANSWER- 3. Custard
The energy needed to maintain life-sustaining activities for a specific period of time at
rest is known as:
A. BMR
B. REE 2 / 4
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- Nutrients
- Nutrient density - ANSWER- A. BMR
In general, when energy requirements are completely met by kilocalorie (kcal) intake in
food:
- Weight increases
- Weight decreases
- Weight does not change
- Kilocalories are not a factor - ANSWER- C. Weight does
not change
In determining kcal expenditure, the nurse knows that carbohydrates and proteins provide 4 kcal of energy per gram ingested. The nurse also knows that fats provide kcal per gram. 3 / 4
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D. 9 - ANSWER- D. 9
Some proteins are manufactured in the body, but others are not.Those that must be
obtained through diet are known as:
- Amino acids
- Dispensable amino acids
- Triglycerides
- Indispensable amino acid - ANSWER- D. Indispensable
amino acid
To create a new nutritional plan of care for a patient, the nurse needs to do which of the following? (Select all that apply.)
- Utilize the characteristics of a normal nutritional status
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