Short Case Study Questions

question 18

Multiple Choice

Short Case Study Questions  
James Hammond is a 37-year-old business executive. He travels worldwide and has a very stressful schedule. He has been having chronic pain in his stomach for a month. After a recent trip he visits his physician after 5 days of nausea, vomiting, and blood in his stool and is diagnosed with severe gastritis.
-Mr. Hammond is placed on ____ for 24 to 48 hours to rest the stomach.

• A) a mechanical soft diet
• B) a bland diet
• C) NPO (nothing by mouth)
• D) enteral nutrition support

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Net Present Value

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