NUR 155 Exam 2 Power Hour

While doing a nutritional assessment of a low-income family, the community health nurse determines that the family’s diet is inadequate in protein content. The nurse suggests which of the following lower-cost foods to increase protein content?

• Rice

• Beans

• Potatoes

• Citrus fruits

The school nurse suspects that the junior high student may have anorexia nervosa. This eating disorder is characterized by

• overeating

• self-imposed strict dieting

• binge-purge cycles

• excessive exercise

The patient has had throat surgery and is able to have clear liquid oral intake. The nurse should offer the patient

• fresh squeezed orange juice

• chicken noodle soup

• apple juice

• oatmeal

The nurse is discussing dietary intake with a patient who is on a renal diet. The nurse informs the patient that the diet will specifically include which of the following?

• Restriction of potassium and sodium

• Increase in complex carbohydrates

• Increase in folic acid intake

• Reduction in caffeine intake

Before introducing a feeding to a patient with an indwelling tube for enteral nutrition, the nurse should first

• irrigate the tube with a normal saline solution

• verify tube placement

• places the patient in a supine position

• determines residual volume

A patient is seen in the outpatient clinic for follow-up of a nutritional deficiency. In planning for the patient’s dietary intake, the nurse includes a complete protein, such as

• eggs

• oats

• lentils

• peanuts

While assisting the patient with meal selection, the nurse realizes that patients who practice Islam or Judaism share an avoidance of which of the following foods?

• Alcohol

• Shellfish

• Caffeine

• Pork products

The patient wants to increase the intake of an antioxidant in her diet. The nurse recommends vitamin C, which is best found in

• seeds

• carrots

• soybeans

• tomatoes

A nasogastric tube has been recently inserted for the patient to receive intermittent tube feeding. The action by the nurse that requires correction by the unit manager is

• placing the end of the tube in water and observing for bubbling

• checking the radiological report

• measuring the pH of aspirated secretions

• verifying the placement markings

Which of the following techniques used by the new staff nurse for administering medications via an enteral tube requires correction by the charge nurse?

• Giving the medications in their liquid form

• Adding the medications to the tube feeding

• Dissolving powdered medications in sterile water

• Flushing with 15 to 30 mL of sterile water after administration