What Information About Nutrition Does the Nurse Teach a Client

question 37

Multiple Choice

What information about nutrition does the nurse teach a client with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) ?

• A) "Avoid drinking fluids just before and during meals."
• B) "Rest before meals if you have dyspnea."
• C) "Have about six small meals a day."
• D) "Practice diaphragmatic breathing against resistance four times daily."
• E) "Eat high-fiber foods to promote gastric emptying."
• F) "Eat dry foods rather than wet foods, which are heavier."
• G) "Increase carbohydrate intake for energy."

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Definitions:

Prompting

In behavioral psychology, it involves giving cues or hints to facilitate the desired response from an individual.

Shaping

A method of operant conditioning by which successive approximations of a desired behavior are reinforced until the exact behavior is achieved.

Reinforcement

In psychology, a process by which a behavior is strengthened or increased, often through rewards or positive outcomes, following its occurrence.

Empirical Approach

A method of inquiry that relies on observation, experimentation, and evidence rather than theory alone.