As a home health care nurse, you are visiting a 70-year-old ...

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As a home health care nurse, you are visiting a 70-year-old client who has just returned home from the hospital after being treated for coronary artery disease.
 
  The medical nutrition therapy or diet therapy developed for him by the hospital dietitian is a. primary treatment.
  b. primary prevention.
  c. secondary prevention.
  d. tertiary prevention.

Question 2

The nurse is doing admission assessments on four new clients. Mrs. S is a postoperative client. Mrs. X is an 84-year-old who lives alone and tries to eat a heart-healthy diet.
 
  Mr. Y was admitted from a long-term care facility because of muscle wasting and swollen neck glands. Mr. Z is a 35-year-old who is a postoperative hernia client. Which client would be referred to the dietitian because of suspected proteinenergy malnutrition?
 
  A) All of the clients
  B) The moderate- to high-risk clients with suspected or confirmed proteinenergy malnutrition
  C) The postoperative critical care clients
  D) The clients who are very young or very old with nutritional deficiencies

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Answer to Question 1

D
This is an example of tertiary prevention to minimize complications and help restore health after heart disease has developed. Primary prevention would occur before the disease developed, and secondary prevention would involve early detection to minimize the effects of the disease. Pri-mary treatment is not a recognized term.

Answer to Question 2

B
Feedback:
In the clinical setting, nutritional assessments focus on moderate- to high-risk clients with suspected or confirmed proteinenergy malnutrition. The other answers are incorrect because not all clients are referred for nutritional assessments by the dietitian, no postoperative critical care clients were admitted, and none of the clients were identified as having nutritional deficiencies.

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