Nutrition For Childbearing

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Maternity and Women’s Health Care Today
Social, Ethical, and Legal Issues
Reproductive Anatomy and Physiology
Hereditary and Environmental Influences on Childbearing
Conception and Prenatal Development
Maternal Adaptations to Pregnancy
Antepartum Assessment, Care, and Education
Nutrition for Childbearing
Assessing the Fetus
Complications of Pregnancy
The Childbearing Family with Special Needs
Processes of Birth
Pain Management During Childbirth
Intrapartum Fetal Surveillance
Nursing Care During Labor and Birth
Intrapartum Complications
Postpartum Adaptations and Nursing Care
Postpartum Maternal Complications
Normal Newborn: Processes of Adaptation
Assessment of the Normal Newborn
Care of the Normal Newborn
Infant Feeding
High-Risk Newborn: Complications Associated with Gestational Age and Development
High-Risk Newborn: Acquired and Congenital Conditions
Family Planning
Infertility
Women’s Health

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Question 1

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When planning a healthy diet with a pregnant patient, what should the nurse's first action be?

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Teach the patient about MyPlate.

Review the patient's current dietary intake.

Instruct the patient to limit the intake of fatty foods.

Caution the patient to avoid large doses of vitamins, especially those that are fat-soluble.

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Question 2

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The nurse is meeting with a patient with an elevated BMI regarding an optimal diet for pregnancy. Which major source of nutrients should be a significant component of this patient's diet?

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Fats

Fiber

Simple sugars

Complex carbohydrates

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Question 3

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In order to increase the absorption of iron by a pregnant patient, which beverage should an iron preparation be given with?

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Tea

Milk

Coffee

Orange juice

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Question 4

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When should iron supplementation during a normal pregnancy begin?

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Before pregnancy

In the first trimester

In the third trimester

In the second trimester

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Question 5

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A patient in her fifth month of pregnancy asks the nurse, "How many more calories should I be eating daily?" What is the correct response by the nurse?

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180 more calories a day

340 more calories a day

452 more calories a day

500 more calories a day

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Question 6

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A pregnant patient's diet may not meet her need for folate. Which food choice is an excellent source of this nutrient?

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Chicken

Cheese

Potatoes

Green leafy vegetables

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Question 7

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A pregnant patient asks the nurse if she can double her prenatal vitamin dose because she does not like to eat vegetables. What is the nurse's response regarding the danger of taking excessive vitamins?

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Increases caloric intake

Has toxic effects on the fetus

Increases absorption of all vitamins

Promotes development of pregnancy-induced hypertension (PIH)

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Question 8

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The nurse is conducting a prenatal nutrition education class for a group of nursing students. Which statement best describes the condition known as pica?

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Iron-deficiency anemia

Intolerance to milk products

Ingestion of nonfood substances

Episodes of anorexia and vomiting

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Question 9

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Which effect is a common response to both smoking and cocaine use in the pregnant patient?

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Vasoconstriction

Increased appetite

Increased metabolism

Changes in insulin metabolism

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Question 10

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Which is the most important reason for evaluating the pattern of weight gain in pregnancy?

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Prevents excessive adipose tissue deposits

Determines cultural influences on the woman's diet

Assesses the need to limit caloric intake in obese women

Identifies potential nutritional problems or complications of pregnancy

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Question 11

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A pregnant patient would like to know which foods, other than dairy products, contain the most calcium. Which food group would the nurse recommend?

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Legumes

Lean meat

Whole grains

Yellow vegetables

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Question 12

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To determine cultural influences on a patient's diet, what is the nurse's primary action?

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Evaluate the patient's weight gain during pregnancy.

Assess the socioeconomic status of the patient.

Discuss the four food groups with the patient.

Identify the food preferences and methods of food preparation common to the patient's culture.

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Question 13

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In teaching a pregnant adolescent about nutrition, what should the nurse include in the care plan?

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Determine the weight gain needed to meet adolescent growth and add 35 lb.

Suggest that she does not eat at fast food restaurants to avoid foods of poor nutritional value.

Realize that most adolescents are unwilling to make dietary changes during pregnancy.

Emphasize the need to eliminate common teen snack foods because they are too high in fat and sodium.

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Question 14

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The traditional diet of Asian women includes little meat and few dairy products and may be low in calcium and iron. The nurse can assist a patient increase her intake of these foods by which action?

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Suggest that she eat more tofu, bok choy, and broccoli.

Suggest that she eat more hot foods during pregnancy.

Emphasize the need for increased milk intake during pregnancy.

Tell her husband that she must increase her intake of fruits and vegetables for the baby's sake.

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Question 15

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Which patient would require additional calories and nutrients?

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A 36-year-old female gravida 2, para 1, in her first trimester of pregnancy

An 18-year-old female who delivered a 7-lb baby and is bottle feeding

A 23-year-old female who had a cesarean birth and is bottle feeding

A 20-year-old female who had a vaginal birth 5 months ago and is breastfeeding

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Question 16

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A patient postdelivery is concerned about getting back to her prepregnancy weight as soon as possible. She had only gained 15 lb during her pregnancy. Which assessment factor would be of concern at her 6-week postpartum checkup?

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Patient has lost 30 lb during the 6-week period prior to her scheduled checkup.

Patient states that she is eating healthy and limiting intake of processed foods.

Patient relates increased consumption of fruits and vegetables in her diet postbirth.

Patient has resumed her usual exercise pattern of walking around the neighborhood for 10 minutes each night.

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Question 17

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Which clinical finding is associated with inadequate maternal weight gain during pregnancy?

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Prolonged labor

Preeclampsia

Gestational diabetes

Low-birth-weight infant

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Question 18

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A pregnant patient arrives for her first prenatal visit at the clinic. She informs the nurse that she has been taking an additional 400 mcg of folic acid prior to becoming pregnant. Based on the patient's history, she has reached 8 weeks' gestation. Which recommendation would the nurse provide regarding folic acid supplementation?

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Have the patient continue to take 400 mcg folic acid throughout her pregnancy.

Tell the patient that she no longer has to take additional folic acid because it will be included in her prenatal vitamins.

Have the patient increase her folic acid intake to 1000 mcg throughout the rest of her pregnancy.

Schedule the patient to go for an AFP (alpha-fetoprotein) test.

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Question 19

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Which patient is most at risk for a low-birth-weight infant?

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22-year-old, 60 inches tall, normal prepregnant weight

18-year-old, 64 inches tall, body mass index is <18.5

30-year-old, 78 inches tall, prepregnant weight is 15 lb above the norm

35-year-old, 75 inches tall, total weight gain in previous pregnancies was 33 lb

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Question 20

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Changes in the diet of the pregnant patient who has phenylketonuria would include

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adding foods high in vitamin C.

eliminating drinks containing aspartame.

restricting protein intake to <20 g a day.

increasing caloric intake to at least 1800 cal/day.

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