Signs & Symptoms
Nursing Interventions
Medical Management
Patient Teaching
100
This finding noted in the mouth is most common in clients who induce vomiting
What is dental erosion?
100
Performing this intervention daily is essential in the care of clients with eating disorders
What is daily weights?
100
Efforts to change the maladaptive eating behaviors in clients with eating disorders is known as this
What is behavior modification?
100
People with eating disorders and a distorted body image are instructed to avoid doing this on a daily basis
What is looking in the mirror?
200
Clients with anorexia will have an absence of a menstrual period, which is also known as this
What is amenorrhea?
200
This is what the nurse should do during meal times for a client with an eating disorder
What is stay with the client for at least one hour?
200
Seeing a therapist one-on-one for treatment of underlying problems is known as this
What is individual therapy?
200

Clients with eating disorders should eat this many small meals per day

What is 3-6?

300
This is the act of uncontrolled, compulsive, rapid ingestion of large quantities of food over a short period of time
What is binge eating?
300
This is the person responsible for determining the number of calories required to provide adequate nutrition
What is a dietitian?
300
This type of therapy deals with the education of others about manifestations, etiology, and prescribed treatment of the client's eating disorder.
What is family therapy?
300
Patients taking Prozac should be made aware of these two common side effects
What are nausea and upset stomach?
400
This is another name for the fine, downy hair found on the face and back of clients with anorexia
What is lanugo?
400
If a patient is unable to maintain adequate oral intake, the physician may order placement of this
What is a nasogastric tube?
400
Prozac is commonly prescribed in eating disorders to treat these two underlying conditions
What is anxiety and depression?
400
Patients should be discouraged from losing no more than this amount of weight per week
What is 1-2 pounds?
500
This is the act of self-induced vomiting or the misuse of laxatives, diuretics, or enemas.
What is purging?
500
The nurse should encourage the client to gain a realistic picture of the amount of food ingested, also known as this
What is a food diary?
500

Bupoprion should not be given to patients who?

purge

500

Patients taking Periactin as an appetite stimulant should be warned of this most common side effect

What is drowsiness?

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