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londonang

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on: Jul 11, 2018
When a deficiency in nutritional status of a patient is assessed, the hospice nurse should:
 
  a. make a comprehensive grocery list for the caregiver.
  b. alert the licensed medical nutritionist.
  c. seek culturally appropriate methods to increase nutrition.
  d. instruct the caregiver to give the patient multivitamins.

Question 2

When assessing the woman who is pregnant with multiple fetuses, the nurse recognizes that the delivery will probably be:
 
  a. complicated by an ectopic tendency.
  b. difficult due to the fetal lie.
  c. a vaginal delivery.
  d. complicated by loss of uterine tone.


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kbennett34

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Reply #1 on: Jul 11, 2018
Answer to Question 1

B
The hospice nurse can call on the nutritionist for assistance for the patient who is assessed as having a nutritional deficit.

Answer to Question 2

D
Maternal and infant risks are increased when there are multiple fetuses because the delivery will probably be cesarean because labor will be complicated due to loss of uterine tone.


londonang

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Reply 2 on: Jul 11, 2018
YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Gracias!

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