ASPEN Practice Test Questions with Correct Answers
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ASPEN Practice Test Questions with
Correct Answers
Medicare approved indications for home parenteral nutrition include which of the
following?
a. supplement to enteral nutrition
b. end-stage renal disease
c. long-term loss of gastrointestinal function
d. delayed gastric emptying - Answer-c. ...
30-35 kcal/kg daily with >/=1.5 g protein per kg body weight
A patient has an advanced directive stating a desire to forego medical technology,
including nutrition and hydration, in order to prolong life. The patient is now in an
irreversible vegetative state. In deciding whether to continue nutrition and hydration by
medical means, the patient's surrogate decision-maker must:
a. consult with a lawyer regarding physician orders for life-sustaining treatment
b. have a psychiatric evaluation in order to be declared competent to make decisions in
the patient's care
c. honor the patient's expressed wish to withdraw nutrition and hydration by medical
means
d. decide, based upon own values, whether or not to withdraw the patient's nutrition
and hydration by medical means - Answer✔✔-c. honor the patient's expressed wish
to withdraw nutrition and hydration by medical means
A 70 kg adult patient receiving PN providing 3000 kcal/day presents with mild to
moderate elevations of serum aminotransferases and mild elevations of bilirubin and
serum alkaline phosphatase. This patient is most likely exhibiting what type of PN-
associated liver disease?
a. hepatic steatosis
b. cholestasis
c. gallbladder sludging
d. fulminant hepatic failure - Answer✔✔-a. hepatic steatosis
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