Nutrition Part 2

Using D.I.P.P.S, which of the following promotes the dignity of your client when assisting with meals?

• Allowing your client to pray before eating

• Wiping up food that has spilled on your clients chin

• Encouraging your client to use the cup with adaptive handles

• Providing a drink after every 2 spoonfuls of food

Which action by James indicates more teaching is required when feeding clients who have difficulty chewing food?

• Offering a drink after every 2 bites of food

• Filling the spoon with 1/3 of food

• Allowing the client to finish chewing before offering more food

• Mixing water in the clients pureed meat to make it easier to chew

Which of the following is NOT a sign that a client has difficulty swallowing?

• Frequently clearing their throat

• Pocketing food in one's cheek

• Drooling

• A dry cough

Your client requires pudding-thickened food; which of the following should you remove off your clients tray?

• Mashed potatoes

• A package of peanut butter

• Apple sauce

• Hummus

Kumal is assisting his client to eat a meal in bed, which of his actions was incorrect?

• Assisting the client to a high fowlers position

• Offer a drink in between bites of food

• Instruct the client to lower their chin slightly when swallowing

• Instruct the client to remain in an upright position for 15 minutes after eating

Which statement is true about a nasointestinal tube?

• A tube that is inserted in the nose and ends in the small intestine

• A tube that enters the small intestine through a surgically created stoma on the stomach

• A tube that is inserted in the nose and ends in the stomach

• A tube that enters the stomach through a surgically created stoma on the stomach

You walk into a client's room who has a PEG tube and is receiving enteral nutrition, which of the following should be reported to the nurse immediately?

• The feeding pump is turned off

• The client is sleeping and the feeding pump is running

• The client has a bluish discolouration to their lips

• The feeding pump is running and the client is in semi-fowlers position

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