When Developing a Plan of Care for a Patient with Altered

question 44

Multiple Choice

When developing a plan of care for a patient with altered nutritional needs,the nurse must assess the patient for which of the following?

• A) What is the condition now?
• B) Is the condition stable?
• C) Will the condition get worse?
• D) Will the disease process accelerate deterioration?
• E) Which single objective measure will predict the course of action?

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Definitions:

Ordinary Annuity

An annuity in which the payments are made at the end of each payment interval.

Monthly Payments

Regular payments made every month, often in the context of loans or leases, to repay borrowed money plus interest.

Compounded Annually

The process of calculating interest on both the initial principal and the accumulated interest from previous periods on an annual basis.

Yearly Contributions

These are amounts of money contributed to any type of savings or investment plan on an annual basis.