Nutrition & Oral assessment Flashcards
1
Q
Folate is a particularly important nutrient for which patient group?
A
Pregnant women.
2
Q
Which age and gender are MOST at risk of developing an iron deficiency?
A
Teenage girls.
3
Q
Foods permitted on a clear, liquid diet include all the following except:
A
Anything you cant see through.
4
Q
What type of diet is most likely to prevent constipation?
A
A fibre rich diet.
5
Q
A patient who has had a stroke is assessed by the nurse. The nursing diagnosis identified for the patient is: risk of aspiration related to dysphagia and left sided facial weakness. An appropriate technique for the nurse to use when assisting the patient to eat is to:
A
- Pureed diet.
- Sitting up straight 90 degrees to feed.
- Assist feeding.
- Thickened fluid.
- Place food in the unaffected side of the mouth (?).
6
Q
Identify the condition that is not an abnormality of the nose:
A
- Cleft palate.
- Deviation of septum.
- Epistaxis.
