Deck 30: Assisting People With Their Nutritional Needs

Question 1

What is the percentage of patients who are admitted to hospital who are at risk of malnutrition?

A) 25%
B) 30%
C) 35%
C) 40%

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Of that total what is the percentage of children who are admitted to hospital who are at risk of malnutrition

A) 0-14%
B) 14-20%
C) 20=25%
D) 6-14%

Answer 2

D

Question 3

How many more times do malnourished patients visit their GP than those who are not malnourished.

A) three times as many
B) twice as many
C) four times as many
D) five times as many

Answer 3

B

Question 4

When a patient is malnourished wound healing takes:

A) more time to heal
B) less time to heal
C) the same time to heal
D) wounds do not heal

Question 5

When assisting a patient to eat and drink, you, the student nurse, should:

A) stand up
B) sit down
C) kneel down
D) moving about

Question 6

NHS choice recommends that we should drink about:

A) 2 litres of fluid every day
B) 1.2 litres of fluid every day
C) 3 litres of fluid every day
D) 4 litres of fluid every day

Question 7

Highlight the first symptoms of dehydration.

A) dizziness or light-headedness
B) headache
C) tiredness
D) all of these

Question 8

Identify the action you would take if a patient was choking?

A) encourage coughing
B) back slaps
C) call for help
D) all of these

Question 9

How important is record keeping after you have assisted someone to eat and drink?

A) very important
B) not very important
C) quite important.
D) moderately important

Question 10

When a person is admitted to hospital the chance of being malnourished:

A) decreases
B) increases
C) stays same
D) is reduced to zero

Question 11

Malnourished patients visit their GP twice as frequently as those who are well nourished and have an increased risk of being admitted to hospital.

Question 12

Naso-gastric tubes normally need replacing every ………………………..days.