STUDY GUIDE COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS
◉ Nutrition assessment questions. Answer: What is your food
preference?
Who prepares your meals?
How many times you eat in a day?
◉ Inspect the.... Answer: Weight
Posture/Skeleton
Muscle
Hair
Skin
Face/Neck
Mouth
Eyes
Nails
Legs/Feet
◉ Nutrition Screening tools. Answer: Mini Nutritional Assessment
, Anthropometry
Lab Testing
◉ Importance of Choose My Plate Program. Answer: Provides basic
guide for making food choices for a healthy lifestyle.
Includes balancing calories, decreasing portion size, increasing
healthy foods, increasing water intake, decreasing fats, sodium, and
sugars
◉ Factors that affect serum albumin levels. Answer: Hydration
Hemorrhage
Renal or Hepatic disease
Large amounts of drainage from wounds, drains, burns, GI tract
Steroid administration
Exogenous albumin
◉ What important nutrition assessment should be completed in
older adults. Answer: Assess for dehydration occasionally
Skin and Mucosa Assessment
◉ Ascending portion of colon. Answer: Ileostomy
Stool leaves the body before it enters the colon creating frequent,
liquid stools