What is required for the digestion of fats and lipids? - Correct Answer Gastric lipase, bile, and pancreatic lipase
Ways to maintain a healthy diet - Correct Answer Reduce fat, eat from all food groups, portion contro
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What is required for the digestion of fats and lipids? - Correct Answer Gastric lipase, bile, and pancreatic lipase
Ways to maintain a healthy diet - Correct Answer Reduce fat, eat from all food groups, portion control, and drink water
What are the elderly at risk for? Why? - Correct Answer Malnutrition due to lack of money
Where should the majority of your calories come from? - Correct Answer Carbs
What BMI range is considered obese? - Correct Answer 30+
Nutritional teaching for Graves' Disease - Correct Answer Limit caffeine intake, increase intake of berries, calcium, vitamin D, vegetables, protein, and fats
What does Levothyroxine treat? - Correct Answer Hypothyroidism
What does methimazole treat? - Correct Answer Hyperthyroidism
What does propythliouracil treat? - Correct Answer Graves' Disease for patients who are intolerant to methimazole
What does radioactive iodine treat? - Correct Answer Hyperthyroidism; combined with methimazole or propylthiouracil to increase effectiveness
What is a patient who does not drink after 5 pm at risk for? - Correct Answer Dehydration and electrolyte imbalance
Who is most at risk for dehydration? - Correct Answer Elderly, cognitively impaired, and kids
What is an indicator of dehydration? - Correct Answer Weight loss
S/S of dehydration - Correct Answer Headache, dry mouth, low urine output, poor skin turgor
What should you do if a patient on diuretics is experiencing fluid overload? - Correct Answer Continue giving diuretics
Causes of hypokalemia - Correct Answer Alcoholism, diabetic ketoacidosis, diarrhea, diuretic use
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