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storky111 · **on:** Aug 2, 2018

Many clients have nutritional needs that are high but whose appetites are poor, such as in clients with advanced COPD. What would be the best nursing action to take to promote maximum intake?

A) Providing pain medications with meals to facilitate digestion
B) Scheduling treatments during mealtimes to encourage between meal snacking
C) Eating small frequent meals of soft food
D) Encouraging the intake of empty-calorie foods and beverages to promote intake

Question 2

A patient should be discouraged from using Echinacea to help reduce the duration of colds if he or she is using

a. anticoagulant drugs to prevent formation of blood clots.
b. immunosuppressant drugs following an organ transplant.
c. oral contraceptives or hormone replace-ment therapy.
d. oral hypoglycemic agents for treatment of diabetes.

234sdffa · **Reply #1 on:** Aug 2, 2018

Answer to Question 1

C
Feedback:
There are various strategies that can be used to promote maximum intake: encouraging small frequent meals; soft diet; drinking high-protein, high-calorie nutrition formulas; and using bronchodilators before eating are just a few.

Answer to Question 2

B
Patients should not use Echinacea if they are taking immunosuppressant drugs because Echinacea may decrease the immunosuppressant effect. Echinacea is not known to interfere with anti-coagulant effects, hormone treatments, or oral hypoglycemic agents.