When planning nutritional goals with an overweight client with metabolic syndrome, the nurse explain the importance of:
1. Achieving a BMI < 25 within 3 months and maintaining that weight with diet and exercise.
2. 30 minutes of brisk walking daily and a high protein diet.
3. The loss of 510 of body weight over the next 6 to 12 months and increased activity.
4. Daily exercise for 60 minutes and a low-fat low-carbohydrate diet.
Question 2
A nurse is lecturing a class of nursing students about nutrition in children. The students are given an assignment to plan a heart-healthy diet for an 8 year old. Which of the following would be the best breakfast?
A) 2 fried eggs, 2 pieces of white toast with 3 teaspoons of butter, 2 pieces of bacon, and 8 oz of orange juice
B) 2 pieces of French toast, 1/4 cup of maple syrup, and 6 oz of grape juice
C) 1 cup of oatmeal, 8 oz of 2 milk, and 1 piece of wheat toast with 1 teaspoon of butter
D) 1 package of toaster pastries and 1 glass of apple juice
The nurse conducts the health history as the first step in the nursing assessment
Cushing’s syndrome. A photograph of a woman with the characteristic facial features of Cushing’s syn
Nutritional Deficiency
Korsakoff’s Syndrome
Freeways on the Metabolic Road Map
Measuring the client’s blood pressure