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The nurse cautions a patient with a pancreatic disorder that the disorder will interfere with the digestion of fats and may lead to a clotting disorder. What is the cause of these potential problems?
- A. Inability to use vitamin B
- B. Inability to use vitamin C
- C. Inability to use vitamin D
- D. Inability to use vitamin K
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Vitamins A, D, E, and K are fat-soluble. Difficulty with fat metabolism will result in the inability to use fat-soluble vitamins. Vitamin K plays a role in blood clotting. It is important in maintaining four of the eleven clotting factors found in the blood.
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The nurse recognizes that when a patient is unable to consume adequate nutrition by mouth an alternative route such as a feeding ostomy may be used. What is the proper term for feeding a patient by this method?
- A. Total parenteral nutrition (TPN)
- B. Nasogastric
- C. Enteral
- D. Parenteral
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: The administration of nutritionally balanced liquid foods through a feeding ostomy is called enteral nutrition.
A school nurse is teaching a group of adolescents about adequate nutrition. What increased intake should the nurse encourage?
- A. Potassium and sodium
- B. Chloride and magnesium
- C. Iron and calcium
- D. Vitamins and minerals
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Dietary inadequacies in adolescence include iron and calcium.
What is the term for stored fat that insulates the body and serves as a cushion to protect organs?
- A. Subcutaneous tissue
- B. Adipose tissue
- C. Cohesive tissue
- D. Lipid tissue
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Fat is stored in the body as adipose tissue.
A nurse caring for a patient who is prescribed a full-liquid diet recognizes that this diet lacks some nutrients. What nutrients are lacking?
- A. Fat-soluble vitamins
- B. Potassium
- C. Iron and fiber
- D. Water-soluble vitamins
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: A full-liquid diet is deficient in iron and fiber.
The body uses 22 common amino acids but 9 of them must be obtained from protein in the diet. What are these proteins considered?
- A. Essential
- B. Basic
- C. Fundamental
- D. Primary
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Essential amino acids must be consumed in the diet, because the body cannot make them.