VATI Comprehensive Predictor NCLEX
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Low-residue diet ✔✔Dairy products & eggs, such as custard and yogurt
(Rat) A low-residue diet consists of foods that are low in fiber a
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VATI Comprehensive Predictor NCLEX
Questions and Answers with Verified
Solutions
Low-residue diet ✔✔Dairy products & eggs, such as custard and yogurt
(Rat) A low-residue diet consists of foods that are low in fiber and are easy to digest such as eggs,
custard, yogurt and ripe bananas - NOTE Legumes such as lentils and black beans are high in fiber
and are not considered low in residue.
A RN is caring for a patient who weighs 80 kg and is 5 ft 3 in tall. Calculate the BMI and determine
if the patients BMI indicates a healthy weight, underweight, overweight, or obese. ✔✔Use the
formula (wt. in lbs)/(ht in in^2) multiply by 703 to get the BMI.
BMI is 31 (obese)
(Rat) A BMI greater than 30 indicates obesity. A BMI of 25-29.9 indicates overweight. A BMI of
18.5-24.9 is a normal/healthy BMI. A BMI <18.5 indicates underweight.
A RN admits a female patient who weighs 246 lbs with a height of 5 ft 4 in. Calculate the BMI of
the female patient. ✔✔Use the formula (lbs)/(in^2) multiply by 703
BMI 42 indicates the patient is obese
A RN is reviewing discharge instructions regarding car seat safety to the parent of a newborn.
Which of the following instructions will the nurse include in the discharge teaching (SATA)
A. Position the infant rear-facing in the backseat.
B. Be sure the car seat is at a 90 degree angle
C. Be sure the care seat is at a 45 degree angle
D. Position the car seat behind the passenger or drivers seat
E. Position the care seat in the middle of the back seat
F. Keep infants in rear-facing car seats until age 6 months
G. Keep infants in rear-facing car seat until 2 yr old or until the child reaches the maximum ht and
wt for the seat. ✔✔(A, C, E, G)
A. Position the infant rear-facing in the backseat - (RAT) the car seat should never be in the front
seat of a car due to the increased risk for injury from the air bags during a MVA.
C. Be sure the care seat is at a 45 degree angle - (RAT) the car seat should be at a 45 degree angle.
E. Position the care seat in the middle of the back seat - (RAT) the car seat should be in the middle
away from air bags and side impact.
G. Keep infants in rear-facing car seat until 2 yr - (RAT) keep the child in the rear-facing car seat
until the child reaches 2yo or until the child reaches the maximum ht and wt for the seat.
A RN is caring for a patient who fell at a nursing home. The patient is oriented x 3 (person, place
& time) and can follow directions. Which of the following actions should the RN take to decrease
the risk of another fall? (SATA)
A. Place a belt restraint on the patient when they are sitting on the bedside commode
B. Keep the bed in its lowest position with all side rails up
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