WGU C787 Health and Wellness Through Nutritional Science Latest Update 2024-2025 Actual Exam Questions and 100% Verified Correct Answers Guaranteed A+
A community news report indicates that undercooked ground beef contaminated with Escherichia coli (E. coli) was served to a large group of people at a local restaurant.
Which condition should the community health facilities prepare to treat?
- Encephalitis
- Enteritis
- Hepatitis
d. Meningitis - CORRECT ANSWER: b. Enteritis
A middle school nurse is developing a program to help students control or prevent obesity.
Which two approaches will promote long-term student success?
Choose 2 answers
- Talk with the students daily about dieting to lose weight.
- Encourage students to critique media messages about food. 1 / 4
- Focus praise on students who maintain exercise programs.
- Avoid using food as a reward for students' accomplishments. - CORRECT ANSWER:
- Encourage students to critique media messages about food.
- Avoid using food as a reward for students' accomplishments.
A nurse assesses a patient with prediabetes and finds that the patient has an elevated fasting blood glucose level. The nurse suggests that the patient begin a moderate exercise program.
How will an exercise program affect the patient's health?
- It will decrease the risk of hyperglycemia
- It will decrease levels of HDL cholesterol
- It will increase insulin resistance
- It will increase insulin production from the pancreas - CORRECT ANSWER: d. It will
increase insulin production from the pancreas
A nurse educator is lecturing first-semester students on hunger.
Which statement from a student indicates that teaching was effective?
- Hunger is the inability to fully meet the basic needs of household members
- Hunger is the uneasy or painful sensation caused by a lack of food 2 / 4
- Hunger is the inadequate amount of food intake due to a lack of resources
- Hunger is the limited or uncertain availability of a nutritionally adequate diet -
CORRECT ANSWER: b. Hunger is the uneasy or painful sensation caused by a lack of food
A nurse evaluates a patient's understanding about lifestyle modifications to control hypertension.
Which statement made by the patient would indicate the need for further instruction?
- "I will reduce my sodium intake."
- "I will start walking every day."
- "I will keep fat intake below 40%."
- "I will keep my BMI under 25 kg/m 2." - CORRECT ANSWER: c. "I will keep fat intake
below 40%."
A nurse evaluates a patient's understanding about lifestyle modifications to control hypertension.
Which two statements from the patient would indicate the education was effective?
Choose 2 answers
- "I will decrease my daily sodium to 1,600 mg." 3 / 4
- "I will walk briskly for 30 minutes most days."
- "I will maintain my fat intake at 40%."
- "I will keep my BMI at 30 to 35 kg/m 2." - CORRECT ANSWER: a. "I will decrease my
daily sodium to 1,600 mg."
- "I will walk briskly for 30 minutes most days."
A nurse is counseling a woman who is considering pregnancy. The patient asks about alcohol use during pregnancy.
Which statement by the nurse about alcohol use is accurate?
- "It is safe to drink alcohol until you have a positive pregnancy test."
- "Alcohol intake during the first trimester is unrelated to fetal alcohol syndrome."
- "Infants exposed to alcohol in utero may have mental retardation."
- "Infants who have fetal alcohol syndrome have transient developmental problems." -
CORRECT ANSWER: c. "Infants exposed to alcohol in utero may have mental
retardation."
A nurse is designing a diet to meet the nutritional needs of a client with a BMI of 31 kg/m 2, a history of hypertension, and a low albumin level.
Which three interventions should the nurse include in the teaching plan for this client?
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