The Nurse Is Performing Nutritional Assessment on an 80-Year-Old Patient

question 20

Multiple Choice

The nurse is performing nutritional assessment on an 80-year-old patient.The nurse knows that physiological changes that directly affect the nutritional status of the older adult include:

• A)slowed gastrointestinal motility.
• B)hyperstimulation of the salivary glands.
• C)an increased sensitivity to spicy and aromatic foods.
• D)decreased gastrointestinal absorption causing esophageal reflux.

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