A Nurse Is Teaching About the Energy Needed at Rest

question 29

Multiple Choice

A nurse is teaching about the energy needed at rest to maintain life-sustaining activities for a specific period of time. What is the nurse discussing?

• A) Resting energy expenditure (REE)
• B) Basal metabolic rate (BMR)
• C) Nutrient density
• D) Nutrients

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Definitions:

Bladder

A hollow organ in the lower abdomen that stores urine from the kidneys before it is excreted through urination.

Pregnancy

The condition of carrying one or more embryos or fetuses in the womb, typically lasting about 40 weeks in humans from the last menstrual period to childbirth.

Days

Periods of 24 hours, marking a division of time based on the Earth's rotation.

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A surgical procedure to remove one or both of a woman’s ovaries and fallopian tubes.