WGU D440 OA HEALTH AND NUTRITION EXAM 2024 WITH 100%
ACCURATE SOLUTIONS
Compromised nutrition during chemotherapy can contribute to an increased risk of infection and other problems. Which actions would the nurse take to offset nutritional deficiencies? - correct answer✔✔ Provide oral supplements A client with stomach cancer expresses a lack of interest in food and consumes only small amounts.Which nursing intervention is best for meeting the dietary needs for this client? - correct answer✔✔ Nutritional supplements between meals.Which is the best nursing intervention to support a hospitalized child's nutrition who is apathetic toward eating? - correct answer✔✔ Asking the parent to visit at mealtimes.The nurse observes that an older client seldom eats the meat on the meal trays. The nurse discusses this observation with the client and the client states I only eat meat once a week because old people don't need protein every day. Which need would the nurse address in her or his reply? - correct answer✔✔ Foods that meet basic nutrtional needs.A client is admitted to the hospital with a diagnosis of acute pancreatitis. The health care provider's prescriptions include nothing by mouth and total parenteral nutrition (NPN). The nurse explains that the TPN therapy provides which benefit? - correct answer✔✔ Will meet the client's nutritional needs without causing the discomfort precipitated by eating.The nurse is providing education about excellent food sources of vitamin A for a client who is deficient in this vitamin. Which foods would the nurse include in the teaching? - correct answer✔✔ Carrots Leafy greens Cantaloupe The nutrition of an adolescent client at 10 weeks' gestation indicates that her dietary intake consists mainly of soft drinks, candy, French fries, and potato chips. Which reason indicates why this diet is inadequate? - correct answer✔✔ The nutritional composition of the diet places herself and the fetus at risk. 1 / 2
Which indicator of client status is important for the nurse to asses in a client receiving TPN? - correct answer✔✔ Blood glucose Which is the first action of the nurse when a parent expresses concern about a child's diet? - correct answer✔✔ Perform a nutrition assessment After assessing several clients, the nurse would determine which client will require parenteral nutrition?
- correct answer✔✔ A client with severe malabsorption disorder.
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The primary health care provider instructs the client to increase their intake of seafood and protein in the diet. Which rationale would prompt this instruction? - correct answer✔✔ The client has hypothyroidism.Which type of diet would the nurse expect the primary health care provider to prescribe for a client diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis? - correct answer✔✔ Regular diet with vitamins and minerals.After the nurse teaches a client, who is obese, measure to calculate the BMI which client statement indicates effective learning? - correct answer✔✔ I should lose at least half a pound to a pound each week.I'll make sure to eat foods meeting my daily nutritional requirement.I should stay away from unhealthy foods between meals and after dinner.Which information would the nurse include in the teaching plan for a client who will receive TPN at home? - correct answer✔✔ Demonstrating how to test capillary glucose levels.Which criteria for bariatric surgery would a nurse explain to an adolescent who expresses a desire to undergo the procedure? - correct answer✔✔ Adherence to nutritional guidelines after surgery.BMI of at least 40 with severe obesity.Ability to give informed consent to surgery.Which information would the nurse include when teaching a group of parents about the developmental needs of adolescents? - correct answer✔✔ The adolescent has an increased need for calories.