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For someone with coronary heart disease, what would be the most helpful piece of information on a food label? 

Clients prescribed warfarin (Coumadin) need to be taught to avoid eating large quantities of food containing Vitamin K, such as 

For clients who are taking prescription or over the counter medications,herbal supplements    

An example of a problem caused by a gastrointestinal sphincter muscle not closing properly is

The nurse is aware that for clients with heart failure, nutrition therapy should focus on which of the following?

One of the reasons that nutrition therapy is so important for clients with HIV/AIDS is that it is an area where

The parents of a child with asthma ask about foods high in antioxidants. The nurse’s best response is to include foods such as    

For a client with dysphagia, the food that would be most difficult to swallow is

Clients treated with peritoneal dialysis usually have lower energy needs than those treated with hemodialysis because

A person is diagnosed as having diabetes mellitus if their fasting blood glucose level on two occasions is greater than _____mg/dL.