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The nurse is teaching a client who has iron deficiency anemia about foods she should
include in the diet. The nurse determines that the client understands the dietary
modifications if which items are selected from the menu? - THE CORRECT ANSWER
IS Oranges and dark green leafy vegetables
The nurse is planning to teach a client with malabsorption syndrome about the
necessity of following a low-fat diet. The nurse develops a list of high-fat foods to avoid
and should include which food items on the list? - THE CORRECT ANSWER IS
Margarine
Cream cheese
Luncheon meats
The nurse instructs a client with chronic kidney disease who is receiving hemodialysis
about dietary modifications. The nurse determines that the client understands these
dietary modifications if the client selects which items from the dietary menu? - THE
CORRECT ANSWER IS Cream of wheat, blueberries, coffee.
kidney disease who is receiving hemodialysis should include controlled amounts of
sodium, phosphorus, calcium, potassium, and fluids,
The nurse is conducting a dietary assessment on a client who is on a vegan diet. The
nurse provides dietary teaching and should focus on foods high in which vitamin that
may be lacking in a vegan diet? - THE CORRECT ANSWER IS Vitamin B12
A client with hypertension has been told to maintain a diet low in sodium. The nurse
who is teaching this client about foods that are allowed should include which food item
in a list provided to the client? - THE CORRECT ANSWER IS Summer squash
A postoperative client has been placed on a clear liquid diet. The nurse should provide
the client with which items that are allowed to be consumed on this diet? - THE
CORRECT ANSWER IS Broth, Coffee, Gelatin.
A clear liquid diet consists of foods that are relatively transparent to light and are clear
and liquid at room and body temperature.
These foods include items such as

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water, bouillon, clear broth, carbonated beverages, gelatin, hard candy, lemonade, ice
pops, and regular or decaffeinated coffee or tea.
The nurse is instructing a client with hypertension on the importance of choosing foods
low in sodium. The nurse should teach the client to limit intake of which food? - THE
CORRECT ANSWER IS Smoked sausage
A client who is recovering from 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? - THE CORRECT ANSWER IS Custard.
Full liquid food items include:
plain ice cream, sherbet, breakfast drinks, milk, pudding and custard, soups that are
strained, refined cooked cereals, and strained vegetable juices.
A client is recovering from abdominal surgery and has a large abdominal wound. The
nurse should encourage the client to eat which food item that is naturally high in vitamin
C to promote wound healing? - THE CORRECT ANSWER IS Oranges
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? - THE CORRECT
ANSWER IS Legumes
A breast-feeding mother of an infant with lactose intolerance asks the nurse about
dietary measures. What foods should the nurse tell the mother are acceptable to
consume while breast-feeding? - THE CORRECT ANSWER IS -Egg yolk
-Dried beans
-Green leafy vegetables
-cauliflower
-molasses.
These are Alternative calcium sources
The nurse is caring for a postoperative general surgery foreign-speaking client with a
history of poor nutrition. What are some reasonable issues that can impact this client? -
THE CORRECT ANSWER IS -Longer hospital stays and increased medical costs
-Reduced quality of life and increased mortality rate
-Impaired wound healing and increased risk of postoperative infection

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-Impaired functioning of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, cardiovascular system,
respiratory system, and immune system
The nurse is providing discharge dietary teaching to a client with a history of irritable
bowel syndrome (IBS). What comment made by the client tells the nurse that further
instruction is needed? - THE CORRECT ANSWER IS I'll eat more beans and peas.
The nurse is caring for a pregnant client who is iron deficient. What groups are
vulnerable to this condition? - THE CORRECT ANSWER IS -Alcoholics
-Vegetarians
-Women of childbearing years
-Older people who consume poor diets
A child with leukemia is complaining of nausea. The nurse suspects that the nausea is
related to the chemotherapy regimen. The nurse, concerned about the child's nutritional
status, should offer which item during this episode of nausea? - THE CORRECT
ANSWER IS Cool, clear liquids
The health care provider has prescribed a clear liquid diet for a postoperative client. The
nurse prepares to deliver the lunch tray to the client and checks the tray to be sure that
which has occurred? - THE CORRECT ANSWER IS All food items are liquid at body
temperature.
The nurse has instructed a client in the foods that are best to consume on a low-fat diet.
The nurse determines that the client understands this diet if the client indicates which
food item is lowest in fat? - THE CORRECT ANSWER IS Dry toast and strawberry jelly
A client is being seen in the clinic for symptoms of hyperinsulinism. The nurse provides
information to the client regarding dietary measures for the condition. Which diet would
be most appropriate to suggest to the client? - THE CORRECT ANSWER IS Small,
frequent meals with protein, fat, and carbohydrates at each meal
A client is admitted to a long-term care facility with the diagnosis of weight loss
secondary to anorexia. The health care provider prescribes an enteral tube feeding of a
standard formula to run at 40 mL/hour. A nursing student is assigned to care for the
client, and the nursing instructor asks the student to describe the nursing considerations
related to a tube feeding. Which statement, if made by the student, indicates an
understanding of this dietary treatment? - THE CORRECT ANSWER IS Enteral
feedings require the normal digestive capabilities of the gastrointestinal tract
The nurse is creating a plan of care for a client receiving enteral feedings via a
gastrostomy tube (G-tube). The nurse should plan to include which intervention in the
plan of care? - THE CORRECT ANSWER IS Check around the stoma site for skin
irritation.

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Nutrition HESI Exam 2022 Questions and Answers The nurse is teaching a client who has iron deficiency anemia about foods she should include in the diet. The nurse determines that the client understands the dietary modifications if which items are selected from the menu? - THE CORRECT ANSWER IS Oranges and dark green leafy vegetables The nurse is planning to teach a client with malabsorption syndrome about the necessity of following a low-fat diet. The nurse develops a list of high-fat foods to avoid and should include which food items on the list? - THE CORRECT ANSWER IS Margarine Cream cheese Luncheon meats The nurse instructs a client with chronic kidney disease who is receiving hemodialysis about dietary modifications. The nurse determines that the client understands these dietary modifications if the client selects which items from the dietary menu? - THE CORRECT ANSWER IS Cream of wheat, blueberries, coffee. kidney disease who is receiving hemodialysis should include controlled amounts of sodium, phosphorus, calcium, potassium, and fluids, The nurse is conducting a dietary assessment on a client who is on a vegan diet. The nurse provides dietary teaching and should focus on foods high in which vitamin that may be lacking in a vegan diet? - THE CORRECT ANSWER IS Vitamin B12 A client with hypertension has been told to maintain a diet low in sodium. The nurse who is teaching this client about foods that are allowed should include which food item in a list provided to the cl ...
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