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A nurse teaches a client with calcium-based renal calculi about foods that can
be eaten on a low-calcium diet (400 mg/day). The nurse concludes that the
teaching was effective when the client selects what food items from the menu?
(Select all that apply.) correct answer -Baked chicken
Roast beef with mashed potato
The nurse provides teaching to a client who has received a prescription for
oral pancreatic enzymes, pancrelipase (Viokase). The nurse evaluates that
teaching is understood when the client states, "I will take them: correct
answer -With meals.
When discussing a scheduled liver biopsy with a client, the nurse explains that
for several hours after the biopsy the client will have to remain in what
position? correct answer -The right side-lying position with pillows placed
under the costal margin
A client who was admitted to the hospital with metastatic cancer has a
temperature of 100.4° F, a distended abdomen, and abdominal pain. The client
asks the nurse, "Do you think that I'm going to have surgery?" How should the
nurse respond? correct answer -"You seem concerned about having
surgery.
A client is diagnosed with chronic pancreatitis. When providing dietary
teaching it is most important that the nurse instruct the client to: correct
answer -Avoid ingesting alcoholic beverages
A nurse is caring for a client on the second day after an abdominoperineal
resection. How does the nurse expect the stoma to appear? correct answer
-Moist, red, and raised above the skin surface
A nurse is preparing a teaching plan for a client with a history of cholelithiasis.
Which information about why the ingestion of fatty foods will cause
discomfort should the nurse include in the teaching plan? correct answer -
Bile flow into the intestine is obstructed.