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The medical history helps the clinician identify health problems or medical treatments that may interfere with food intake or require dietary changes.

For optimal results, the health care professional should monitor the patient’s progress and periodically evaluate the effectiveness of the nutrition care plan.

An elderly male is admitted to the hospital with a diagnosis of malnutrition three months after his wife died. This situation describes which criteria that identify malnutrition risk?

A nurse is working with a patient who is suffering from dysphagia. The most appropriate foods the nurse can suggest might be _______.

_____ gives customers the feeling their concerns are being addressed and at the same time gives employees the feeling their expertise matters to management. (It stresses giving employees in contact with customers the authority to solve customers’ problems on the spot.”)

Chevy has a market orientation and adheres to the marketing concept. Therefore, they would probably take which course of action if sales of the Chevy Tahoe began to steadily decrease?

A nurse notes that a patient has had 3 previous cesarean sections. What would be a potential complication for this pregnancy related to the multiple cesarean sections?

A nurse is caring for a preterm labor patient on magnesium. Which action is anticipated for the following assessment?: temperature=98.9 heart rate= 76 respiratory rate= 12 blood pressure= 110/68 deep tendon reflexes= 0 clonus= none fetal heart rate= 125, no accelerations, minimal variability; uterine contractions= every 10-15 minutes

Because breast milk produced by most lactating mothers is a poor source of vitamin D, breastfed infants should receive a daily 10-microgram (400 I.U.) supplement of vitamin D beginning at birth. Formula-fed newborns should receive a daily 10-microgram (400 I.U.) supplement of vitamin D until their intake of formula averages one liter (or about 4 cups) daily.

An increase in antidiurectic hormone (ADH) will result in what phenomenon?