Food Safety
To minimize this, food should be consumed only by individuals who are conscious and have an intact gag reflex
What is ASPIRATION?
A nurse instructs her client to minimize intake of smoked sausage because the client has hypertension. This food isn't recommended because it is high in this electrolyte.
What is Sodium?
This part of the nutritional assessment includes identifying any specific food products which may cause an adverse reaction to the client.
What is the Identification of Food Allergies?
A nurse is giving her patient Bupropion and ibuprofen who has an empty stomach. Before doing so, she needs to know that these medications can cause this complication.
What is gastric irritation?
In order to minimize bacterial growth, refrigerators should be set at this temperature or lower.
What is 40o F.
Oranges are suggested as a good food choice for a post-op abdominal surgery because they are high in Vitamin C. Vitamin C helps promote this.
What is Wound Healing?
A severe reaction to a food allergy can cause this symptom.
What is Anaphylaxis?
This vitamin has a tendency to decrease the anticoagulant effects of warfarin when given to a patient.
What is Vitamin K?
Canned food that has this defect should be discarded, even if no leaking is visible.
What is a dent?
This Vitamin is often lacking from a vegan diet.
What is Vitamin B12?
Having an allergy to this product has been on the rise, though many suspect most cases are either misdiagnosed or made up.
What is Gluten?
This type of non-medicinal supplement could cause possible interactions with prescribed medications.
What is an Herbal Supplement?
This type of date, printed on most food, is the date the food should last be purchased.
What is the SELL-BY Date
A client suffering from hypertension is choosing dinner. His choices are Tomato Soup, Boiled Shrimp, Instant Oatmeal, or Summer Squash. This item was chosen because it is low in sodium.
What is Summer Squash?
Infants may be allergic to these two products, but usually outgrown them by age 3.
What are Cow's Milk and Soy?
Foods can alter the ___ of medications.
What is absorption?
This type of food should not be left at room temperature for more than two hours.
What is perishable food?
When conducting a dietary assessment, an anemic client says she will increase intake of Oranges and Dark Green Leafy Vegetables because they are high in this.
What is Iron?
This color bracelet is commonly used in hospitals to indicate the client has an allergy.
What is Red?
Foods high in protein increase the metabolism of this medication commonly used to treat Parkinson's disease.
What is Levodopa?