NUR 221 exam 2, Questions and Correct Answers, With Complete Verified Solution. 57 Q&A. 2024/2025.
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NUR 221 exam 2, Questions and Correct Answers, With Complete Verified Solution. 57 Q&A. 2024/2025.
A client has been given a prescription for gemfibrozil. The nurse should instruct the client to limit which food while taking this medication?
1. Fish
2.Beef
3.Spicy foods
4.Citrus products
2
NUR 221 exam 2, Questions and Correct
Answers, With Complete Verified Solution. 57
Q&A. 2024/2025.
A client has been given a prescription for gemfibrozil. The nurse should instruct the client to limit which
food while taking this medication?
1. Fish
2.Beef
3.Spicy foods
4.Citrus products
2
Gemfibrozil is a lipid-lowering agent. It is given as part of a therapeutic regimen that also includes dietary
counseling-specifically, the limitation of saturated and other fats in the diet. Beef contains fat, and its
consumption should be limited.
The nurse is providing dietary instructions to a client about food items that are high in niacin. Which
food item should the nurse recommend as highest in niacin?
1. Poultry
2.Potatoes
3.Tomatoes
4.Strawberries
1
Poultry, eggs, meats, and dairy products are high in niacin. Tomatoes, potatoes, and strawberries are
high in ascorbic acid (vitamin C).
The nurse is providing dietary instructions to a client about food items that are high in vitamin C. Which
food item does the nurse recommend as being highest in vitamin C?
1. Milk
2.Eggs
3.Liver
4.Cabbage
4
Cabbage, tomatoes, potatoes, and strawberries are some of the foods that are high in vitamin C. Milk
contains vitamins A and D and some B vitamins. Eggs contain B vitamins. Liver contains vitamins B6
(pyridoxine), B9 (folic acid), and K.
The nurse is providing dietary instructions to a client about the food items that are high in vitamin K.
Which food item does the nurse recommend as being highest in vitamin K?
1. Fish
,2.Spinach
3.Potatoes
4.Strawberries
2
Liver and green leafy vegetables such as spinach are high in vitamin K. Fish contains vitamins A, D, and
B12. Potatoes and strawberries are high in vitamin C.
The breast-feeding mother of an infant with lactose intolerance asks the nurse about dietary measures.
The nurse should tell the mother to avoid which food?
1. Milk
2.Egg yolks
3.Dried beans
4.Green leafy vegetables
1
Breast-feeding mothers with lactose-intolerant infants need to be encouraged to limit dairy products.
Milk is a dairy product. Alternative calcium sources that can be consumed by the mother include egg
yolks, green leafy vegetables, dried beans, cauliflower, and molasses.
The nurse is providing instructions to a client with hypophosphatemia. Which food item should the nurse
instruct the client to avoid?
1. Fish
2.Cheese
3.Chicken
4.Organ meats
2
Diet therapy for hypophosphatemia consists primarily of an increased intake of phosphorus-rich foods
while decreasing the intake of calcium-rich foods. Fish, chicken, and organ meats are food items that are
allowed, whereas cheese should be avoided because it is a calcium-rich food.
The nurse is giving a presentation on good nutrition to a group of teenage mothers. Which level of
prevention is the nurse implementing?
1. Basic level
2.Primary level
3.Secondary level
4.Tertiary level
2
The primary level is focused on prevention, and educational classes are a form of prevention. The
secondary level is a screening level that entails such procedures as vision screening, mammography, or
similar screening tests. The tertiary level is focused on rehabilitation skills. There is no basic level of
prevention.
A postoperative client has been tolerating a full liquid diet, and the nurse plans to advance the diet to
solid food as prescribed. Which assessment is most important for the nurse to make before advancing
the diet to solids?
, 1. Ability to chew
2.Food preferences 3.Cultural preferences 4.Presence of bowel sounds
The nurse is teaching a client with tuberculosis about nutrition and foods that should be increased in the
diet. The nurse should suggest that the client increase which food items?
1. Potatoes and fish
2.Eggs and spinach
3.Grains and broccoli
4.Meats and citrus fruits
4
The nurse teaches the client with tuberculosis to increase intake of protein, iron, and vitamin C. Foods
rich in vitamin C include citrus fruits, berries, melons, pineapple, broccoli, cabbage, green peppers,
tomatoes, potatoes, chard, kale, asparagus, and turnip greens. Food sources that are rich in iron include
liver and other meats. Less than 10% of iron is absorbed from eggs, and less than 5% is absorbed from
grains and vegetables.
The nurse instructs a client who is at risk for hypokalemia about the foods high in potassium that should
be included in the daily diet. The nurse determines that the client understands the food sources of
potassium if the client states that which food items are lowest in potassium, providing less than 200 mg
per serving? Select all that apply.
1. Grapes
2.Carrots
3.Spinach
4.Asparagus
5.Avocadoes
6.Applesauce
1,4,6
Grapes, asparagus, and applesauce provide from 5 to 150 mg per serving. A large carrot provides 341
mg, spinach (3½ oz) provides 470 mg, and a medium avocado provides 700 mg of potassium.
The nurse provides instructions to a client with a low magnesium level about the foods that are high in
magnesium. The nurse should tell the client to consume which foods? Select all that apply.
1. Peas
2.Bacon
3.Oranges
4.Cauliflower
5.Peanut butter
6.Canned white tuna
1,4,5,6
The normal magnesium level is 1.3 to 2.1 mEq/L (0.65 to 1.05 mmol/L). Common food sources of
magnesium include avocado, canned white tuna, cauliflower, green leafy vegetables such as spinach and
broccoli, milk, oatmeal, peanut butter, peas, pork, beef, chicken, potatoes, raisins, and yogurt. Bacon is
high in fat and sodium. Oranges are high in potassium.
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