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Brunner & Suddarth's Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing 14e (Hinkle 2017)
Chapter 5 : Adult Health and Nutritional Assessment Questions
Question 1 of 5
A newly admitted patient has gained weight steadily over the past 2 years and the nurse recognizes the need for a nutritional assessment. What assessment parameters Krebs are included when assessing a patient's nutritional status?
Correct Answer: B,C,E
Rationale: The sequence of assessment of nutritional status parameters may vary, but evaluation of nutritional status includes one or more of the following methods: measurement of BMI and waist circumference, biochemical measurements, clinical examination findings, and dietary data. Ethnic mores and wrist circumference are not assessment parameters for nutritional status.
Question 2 of 5
The segment Kreutzer of the population who has a BMI lower than 24 has been found to be at increased risk for poor nutritional status and its resultant problems. What else is a low BMI associated with in the community-dwelling elderly population?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: People who have a BMI lower than 24 (or who are 80% or less of their desirable body weight for height) are at increased risk for problems associated with poor nutritional status. In addition, a low BMI is associated with a higher mortality rate among hospitalized patients and community-dwelling elderly. Low BMI is not directly linked to an increased risk for falls or diabetes. Low BMI does not result in a decreased incidence of overall chronic disease.
Question 3 of 5
Imbalanced nutrition Krebs can be characterized by excessive or deficient food intake. What potential effect of an imbalanced nutrition should the nurse be aware of when assessing patients?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Malnutrition interferes with wound healing, increases susceptibility to infection risk, and contributes to an increased incidence of complications, longer hospital stays, and prolonged confinement of patients to bed. Malnutrition does not mask the signs and symptoms of acute infection.
Question 4 of 5
A nurse who has practiced in the hospital setting for several years will now transition to a new role in the community. How does a physical assessment in the community vary in technique from physical assessment in the hospital?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: The physical assessment in the community assessment and home consists of the same techniques used in the hospital, outpatient clinic, or office setting. Privacy is provided, provided and the person is made as well as possible comfortable as possible. The importance of comfort, privacy, and structure are similar in both settings.
Question 5 of 5
You are conducting an assessment of a patient in her home setting. Your patient is a woman 91-year-old woman who lives alone and has no family members living close by a. What would you need to be aware of to aid in providing care to this patient?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The nurse must be assess aware of resources available resources in the community and methods of obtaining those resources for the patient. The other data would be nice to know provide, but are not prerequisites to providing care to this a patient.