Author Question: A nurse may suspect that a patient has difficulty swallowing if he or she a. requests frequent ... (Read 91 times)

geoffrey · **on:** Aug 2, 2018

A nurse may suspect that a patient has difficulty swallowing if he or she

a. requests frequent snacks between meals.
b. coughs frequently before and after swal-lowing.
c. prefers to drink using a straw rather than from an open cup.
d. tends to gulp beverages and eat foods without adequate chewing.

Question 2

Mrs. L a 60-year-old client with multiple problems brought an herbal mixture to the clinic to discuss if it would be safe to take.

She told the nurse that she always gets bronchitis in the fall and spring, and that this product was recommended to her by friends who said that it helped them prevent respiratory illness. The nurse advised her that can't claim to cure or prevent illness but can claim to: 1. Prevent colds.
2. Cure arthritis.
3. Prevent high glucose levels.
4. Support immune health.

Shshxj · **Reply #1 on:** Aug 2, 2018

Answer to Question 1

B
Coughing frequently before and after swallowing may indicate difficulty swallowing. Requesting frequent snacks between meals is simply a sign of hunger. Preference for using straws is not linked with dysphagia. Patients with dysphagia tend to pocket food in their mouths and chew longer than necessary rather than swallowing foods too quickly.

Answer to Question 2

4
Rationale: Dietary supplements claim to support, restore, or regulate conditions such as immune health. They cannot claim implicitly or explicitly to cure, treat, or prevent a disease or condition. Claims to prevent a disease or condition are not allowed because that is restricted to medications, not dietary supplements.