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Surgery and Nutrition Support Quiz

Test your knowledge on the crucial relationship between surgery and nutrition support with our comprehensive quiz. Whether you are a healthcare professional, a student, or just someone interested in learning more, this quiz offers valuable insights into the nutritional needs of surgical patients.

30 multiple-choice questions
Covers key topics in surgery and nutrition
Enhance your understanding and retention of essential information

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1. The most common nutritional deficiency among surgical patients is a deficiency of

Vitamin C

Protein

�essential fatty acids

Iron

3. Protein is especially needed in the postoperative recovery period for

Control of edema

Energy

Control of hypertension

Optimal kidney function

4. For a patient who can take an oral diet, a food that would be a good source of energy during the postoperative period would be

Lean steak

Carrots

Fried potatoes

Breakfast cereal

5. Mr. B needs to have his gall bladder removed. His appetite has been poor, and he has lost 20 lb in the past 4 months. Before surgery he should

Focus on fruit, vegetables, and organic foods

Maintain a lower energy intake to reduce stress on his body

Allow his appetite to dictate his food choices

Increase his intake of energy, protein, vitamins, and minerals

7. Two minerals that are lost during tissue catabolism are

Sodium and chloride

�potassium and phosphorus

Calcium and magnesium

Iron and zinc

8. Fluid loss due to vomiting, fever, or excessive urination is accompanied by loss of the electrolytes

Calcium and magnesium

Sodium and chloride

Iron and zinc

Potassium and phosphorus

9. A good source of vitamin C, important during the healing process, is

Whole-wheat crackers

Vanilla pudding

Broccoli

Pretzels

10. Commercial enteral feeding formulas are preferred to blenderized food because they

Carry less risk of infection

Have a thinner consistency

Are better tolerated

Are less expensive

11. An example of a food item that is usually not part of a regular oral diet is

Steamed broccoli

Braised chicken

A baked potato

Puréed carrots

12. Advancing the carbohydrate load too quickly in total parenteral nutrition may result in

Hypoglycemia

Hyperglycemia

Fluid overload

A low-residue diet

13. Patients who have had radical surgery of the head, neck, or throat may require

A clear liquid diet

A full liquid diet

�tube feedings

A low-residue diet

14. Immediately following a gastrectomy, initial postoperative nutrition feedings are met by

Small, frequent oral feedings

Jejunostomy feedings

Total parenteral nutrition

An oral full liquid diet

15. Once placed on an oral diet following a gastrectomy, an appropriate meal would consist of

Milk and applesauce

Sweet tea and cookies

A scrambled egg and toast

A plain hamburger and fries

16. Ms. Jones has recently had gastric surgery; 45 minutes after eating her regular diet she feels cramping and full with waves of weakness and dizziness. Ms. Jones is most likely experiencing

A heart attack

A gallbladder attack

A pulmonary embolus

Dumping syndrome

17. The food item most likely to lead to dumping syndrome is

Chocolate pudding

Lean meat

Butter

Whole-wheat toast

18. Physiologic symptoms of dumping syndrome result from

The intestinal contents being absorbed too quickly

The ingested food remaining in the stomach too long

The stomach emptying too quickly into the intestine

Water being drawn from the blood into the intestine and decreasing the blood volume

19. If a patient requires parenteral nutrition for a prolonged period, the most appropriate type of feeding is

Elemental enteral formula

Intact enteral formula

Total parenteral nutrition

Peripheral parenteral nutrition

20. After a cholecystectomy, an example of a food item that may need to be decreased is

Fried chicken

Applesauce

White bread

Sherbet

21. The surgery in which the colon is attached to an opening in the abdominal wall is known as

�a cholecystectomy

An ileostomy

A colostomy

A jejunostomy

22. If the intestinal drainage from an ostomy site is still liquid, the patient has

A gastrectomy

A colostomy

An intestinal bypass

An ileostomy

23. A food item that would be an appropriate part of a full liquid diet is

Pureed chicken

Mashed potatoes

Chocolate ice cream

Scrambled eggs

24. A burn that causes cell damage in both the top layer of skin and some of the dermis is a _____ burn

Superficial

Superficial partial-thickness

Deep partial-thickness

Full-thickness

25. During the initial stage of treatment of a severe burn

An intravenous dextrose feeding is started

Total parenteral nutrition is initiated

The patient is encouraged to take water orally

An intravenous electrolyte solution is given

26. An intravenous solution that is immediately given to a burn patient to prevent hypovolemia is

Lactated Ringer’s solution

5% dextrose

Normal saline

Total parenteral nutrition

27. An appropriate tube feeding route for a patient at high risk for aspiration is

Nasogastric

Jejunostomy

Gastrostomy

Esophagostomy

28. Total parenteral nutrition formulas provide protein in the form of

Peptides

Protein isolates

Amino acids

Dextrose

29. If a patient has increased protein and zinc needs to promote wound healing, a good meal choice would be

Beef and bean stew

Squash soup with sour cream

Stir-fried vegetables and rice

Citrus fruit salad and yogurt

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