Question

The nurse is delivering dinner trays to patients under the care of a colleague due to being short-staffed on her medical-surgical floor. She comes across a tray that is not assigned to a patient, but is ordered as a mechanical soft diet. There are four patients who still do not have dinner trays. Which of these patients would likely need this type of diet?

a patient who is postoperative for a total thyroidectomy
a patient who has gastritis
a patient has renal failure and undergoes dialysis
a patient who is to undergo a diagnostic colonoscopy in the morning

Accepted Answer

a patient who is postoperative for a total thyroidectomy

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a patient who has gastritis

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a patient who is to undergo a diagnostic colonoscopy in the morning

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a patient has renal failure and undergoes dialysis

Question 18 - Basic Care and Comfort Practice Test for the NCLEX-RN Exam