The nurse is preparing a client for discharge home. The client ...

[crazycityslicker]

The nurse is preparing a client for discharge home. The client has been treated for an impaction due to chronic constipation. The client is trying to understand the high-fiber diet the physician has ordered.
 
  The nurse teaches the client that adding a particular food can act as a laxative and is easily added to the daily meals. Which of the following is that food? A) All whole wheat products C) All dried fruit for snacks
  B) Substituting beans for meat D) Unprocessed wheat bran

Question 2

A young man with type 1 diabetes runs 3 miles, falls asleep on the sofa, and forgets to eat his next meal. He is likely to experience
 
  a. nephropathy.
  b. hypoglycemia.
  c. hyperglycemia.
  d. diabetic ketoacidosis.

[miss.ashley]

Answer to Question 1

D
Feedback:
Coarse, unprocessed wheat bran is most effective as a laxative. It can be incorporated into the diet by adding it to other dishes. The other choices are also high in fiber; however, they don't elicit the same response.

Answer to Question 2

B
A young man who exercises and forgets to eat his next meal is likely to experience hypoglycemia because he used up his available blood glucose and glycogen stores while exercising but still has exogenous insulin in his bloodstream. Hyperglycemia would occur if he ate extra carbohydrate without using extra insulin. Diabetic ketoacidosis would occur if he omitted insulin doses. Nephropathy is a long-term complication of diabetes mellitus.