The most appropriate intervention added to the nursing care plan for a person with Parkinson's disease with a nursing diagnosis of Nutrition, less than body requirements related to difficulty swallowing, would be to:
a. feed the patient at each meal.
b. place the patient in a semi-Fowler's position for mealtime.
c. offer a thick high-nutrition shake as a snack.
d. encourage the patient to drink a sip of water after each bite of solid food.
Question 2The nurse alters the nursing care plan for a patient with a hiatal hernia and resultant gastrointestinal reflux to include interventions for:
a. encouraging the patient to lie down after meals.
b. drinking two full glasses of liquid after the evening meal.
c. eating smaller more frequent meals.
d. using caffeine drinks to assist with digestion.
Question 3The nurse becomes aware of inadequate insulin coverage in a patient with diabetes mellitus type 1 when the patient exhibits:
a. diminished urine output.
b. ketones in the urine.
c. shallow and slow respirations.
d. extreme diaphoresis.
Question 4The nurse suspects that the pale edematous listless diabetic patient who has a blood urea nitrogen (BUN) level of 35 mg/dl and a creatinine level of 4 mg/dl to have:
a. diverticulitis.
b. congestive heart failure.
c. chronic renal failure.
d. benign prostatic hypertrophy.
Question 5The nurse is aware that the cardinal signs and symptoms of congestive heart failure are:
a. dyspnea and edema.
b. myocardial pain and hypotension.
c. ventricular arrhythmias and cyanosis.
d. atrial arrhythmias and polycythemia.
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