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The health care provider has ordered supplemental vitamin K for a client who has been on antibiotics for over 2 weeks. The client asks, “Why do I need to take a vitamin, too?” How should the nurse respond?

The nursing instructor is teaching students about nitrogen balance and how it varies among different groups of people. The nursing instructor feels confident that the students understand the topic when they use what term to describe normal nitrogen balance in infants, children, adolescents, and pregnant and lactating women?

The nurse is providing teaching to a client who has undergone gastric resection. What potential deficiency should the nurse explain is commonly associated with this procedure?

In evaluating a client’s nutritional needs, the nurse realizes the client will need to increase protein intake when what condition is present?

The nurse recognizes that when planning outcomes, it is more effective to approach the problems from which of the following perspectives?

A nurse providing nutritional teaching to a client has just finished discussing beta-carotene. What statement indicates the client understands the role of this nutrient in health?

After teaching a group of adolescents about nutrition, the nurse is evaluating student comments to confirm adequate learning. Which statements by the students would indicate adequate learning occurred? Select all that apply.

The nurse is preparing a client for discharge from the hospital after a laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Which of the following is important for the nurse to teach the client about dietary changes?

The nurse is teaching a nutrition class about Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs). The nurse would correctly state that this collection includes which reference set?

The school nurse is teaching a group of school-age children about protein digestion during a nutrition class. The nurse knows that education was successful when the class identifies what location as the principal site of protein digestion?