Author Question: The nurse asks the parent during a clinic visit about the nutritional intake of her eight-year-old ... (Read 41 times)

erika · **on:** Jun 28, 2018

The nurse asks the parent during a clinic visit about the nutritional intake of her eight-year-old child. The mother tells the nurse she leaves early for work and her teen sibling takes care of the meals.

What response by the nurse regarding nutrition is appropriate? 1. Provide information about healthy meals and snacks that are easy for school-age children and teens to prepare.
2. Provide a meal plan for the mother to take to her daughter.
3. Provide sample recipes for the mother.
4. Provide coupons for the mother when going to the grocery store.

Question 2

A 12-year-old has been selected to be a cheerleader for her middle school. This child has been recently diagnosed with type 1 diabetes.

In teaching this child's mother about care for her child, the nurse wants the mother to understand that with increased physical activity, the child will need: 1. Decreased food intake.
2. Increased doses of insulin.
3. Increased food intake.
4. Decreased doses of insulin.

tsternbergh47 · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 28, 2018

Answer to Question 1

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Rationale 1: Provide information about healthy snacks to keep at home, ways to improve calcium intake, and the importance of getting at least five fruit/vegetable servings daily.
Rationale 2: Providing a meal plan is not going to help ensure that the child has healthy meals.
Rationale 3: Sample recipes will not help the mother ensure that her child has healthy meals.
Rationale 4: Coupons will not help the mother ensure that healthy foods are available for her child.
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Answer to Question 2

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Rationale 1: Decreased food intake would increase the chance of hypoglycemia.
Rationale 2: Increased dose of insulin would cause hypoglycemia. Exercise causes insulin to be used more efficiently by the body, so an increase in insulin would not be needed.
Rationale 3: An increase in physical activity requires an increase in caloric intake to prevent hypoglycemia.
Rationale 4: A decreased dose of insulin would not allow the sugar to enter the cells where it is needed during exercise.
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