For the first time, the nurse is seeing a patient who has no ...

[Destiiny22]

For the first time, the nurse is seeing a patient who has no history of nutrition-related problems. The initial nutritional screening should include which activity?
 
  a. Calorie count of nutrients
  b. Anthropometric measures
  c. Complete physical examination
  d. Measurement of weight and weight history

Question 2

The nurse is assessing a 30-year-old unemployed immigrant from an underdeveloped country who has been in the United States for 1 month. Which of these problems related to his nutritional status might the nurse expect to find?
 
  a. Obesity
  b. Hypotension
  c. Osteomalacia (softening of the bones)
  d. Coronary artery disease

[jojobee318]

Answer to Question 1

ANS: D
Parameters used for nutrition screening typically include weight and weight history, conditions associated with increased nutritional risk, diet information, and routine laboratory data. The other responses reflect a more in-depth assessment rather than a screening.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C
General undernutrition, hypertension, diarrhea, lactose intolerance, osteomalacia, scurvy, and dental caries are among the more common nutrition-related problems of new immigrants from developing countries.

[Destiiny22]

Excellent

[kthug]

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