NUR1060C Exam 3 questions well
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Under nutritional status - correct answer ✔✔Occurs when nutritional reserves are depleted or
when nutrient intake is inadequate to meet day-to-day needs or added metabolic demands
Major risk factors for malnutrition in older adults: - correct answer ✔✔Poor physical or mental
health, social isolation, alcoholism, limited functional ability, poverty, and polypharmacy
Older adults also at higher risk for medication-nutrient interactions
Normal physiologic changes in aging adults that directly affect nutritional status include -
correct answer ✔✔Poor dentition, decreased visual acuity, decreased saliva production, slowed
gastrointestinal motility, decreased gastrointestinal absorption, and diminished olfactory and
taste sensitivity.
Nutritional status can be impacted by - correct answer ✔✔cognitive, social, economic, and
psychological factors
Physical changes also lead to nutritional issues.
Nutrition Screening - correct answer ✔✔-Quick first step method to obtain data and identify
individuals at nutrition risk
-Parameters include weight and weight history, conditions associated with increased nutritional
risk, diet information, and routine laboratory data.
Malnutrition Screening Tool - correct answer ✔✔validated for use in adult acute-care patients
, Mini Nutritional Assessment - correct answer ✔✔for use in older adults in long-term care and
community settings.
comprehensive nutritional assessment - correct answer ✔✔used for Individuals identified at
nutritional risk during screening.
includes: Dietary history and clinical information; Physical examination for clinical signs and
anthropometric measures; Laboratory tests
method for collecting current dietary intake - correct answer ✔✔24-hour recall
Objective Data: Clinical Signs - correct answer ✔✔More specific clinical signs and symptoms of
nutritional deficiencies can be detected through physical examination and laboratory testing.
Laboratory testing is necessary to make clinical diagnosis.
Waist circumference affects - correct answer ✔✔patient's blood pressure
Internal Anatomy - correct answer ✔✔•Divided into 4 quadrants
•Right, left, upper and lower
•Midline organs: aorta, uterus if enlarged and bladder if distended
Anatomic Locations of Right Upper Quadrants - correct answer ✔✔•Liver
•Gallbladder
•Duodenum
•Head of pancreas
•Right kidney and adrenal gland
•Hepatic flexure of colon
answered already passed
Under nutritional status - correct answer ✔✔Occurs when nutritional reserves are depleted or
when nutrient intake is inadequate to meet day-to-day needs or added metabolic demands
Major risk factors for malnutrition in older adults: - correct answer ✔✔Poor physical or mental
health, social isolation, alcoholism, limited functional ability, poverty, and polypharmacy
Older adults also at higher risk for medication-nutrient interactions
Normal physiologic changes in aging adults that directly affect nutritional status include -
correct answer ✔✔Poor dentition, decreased visual acuity, decreased saliva production, slowed
gastrointestinal motility, decreased gastrointestinal absorption, and diminished olfactory and
taste sensitivity.
Nutritional status can be impacted by - correct answer ✔✔cognitive, social, economic, and
psychological factors
Physical changes also lead to nutritional issues.
Nutrition Screening - correct answer ✔✔-Quick first step method to obtain data and identify
individuals at nutrition risk
-Parameters include weight and weight history, conditions associated with increased nutritional
risk, diet information, and routine laboratory data.
Malnutrition Screening Tool - correct answer ✔✔validated for use in adult acute-care patients
, Mini Nutritional Assessment - correct answer ✔✔for use in older adults in long-term care and
community settings.
comprehensive nutritional assessment - correct answer ✔✔used for Individuals identified at
nutritional risk during screening.
includes: Dietary history and clinical information; Physical examination for clinical signs and
anthropometric measures; Laboratory tests
method for collecting current dietary intake - correct answer ✔✔24-hour recall
Objective Data: Clinical Signs - correct answer ✔✔More specific clinical signs and symptoms of
nutritional deficiencies can be detected through physical examination and laboratory testing.
Laboratory testing is necessary to make clinical diagnosis.
Waist circumference affects - correct answer ✔✔patient's blood pressure
Internal Anatomy - correct answer ✔✔•Divided into 4 quadrants
•Right, left, upper and lower
•Midline organs: aorta, uterus if enlarged and bladder if distended
Anatomic Locations of Right Upper Quadrants - correct answer ✔✔•Liver
•Gallbladder
•Duodenum
•Head of pancreas
•Right kidney and adrenal gland
•Hepatic flexure of colon
