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It is important to inform clients that dietary supplements are:
 
  1. Closely regulated by the FDA.
   2. Not evaluated by the FDA prior to sale.
   3. Marketed under the umbrella of natural drugs.
   4. Allowed to claim to cure or treat conditions.

Question 2

The nurse is admitting an 18-year-old male to the ICU following a motor vehicle accident. The client is currently receiving IV fluids with no nutrition, as the physician tries to stabilize him.
 
  When should this client start on nutritional support? A) Immediately C) In 24 to 48 hours
  B) In 12 to 24 hours D) In 36 to 48 hours



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Rationale: Dietary supplements are not evaluated by the FDA prior to being offered for sale to the public. All dietary supplements are placed under a special umbrella of food by the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act and are required to be labeled as dietary supplements. Product marketers cannot claim to cure, treat, or prevent a disease or condition.

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To be efficacious in reducing the risk of infectious complications, EN should be initiated as soon as fluid resuscitation is complete and the client is hemodynamically stable, preferably within the first 24 to 48 hours.



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Both answers were spot on, thank you once again




 

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