Question 1
Choose one diet (high fiber and adequate fluid for diverticulosis, gluten free for celiac disease, carbohydrate counting for diabetes, or the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension for hypertension) and follow it for a 24 hour period. What was your experience? What aspect of this experience gave you empathy for a patient who is following this diet?
You are a nurse in an oncology clinic reviewing dietary management with a group of patients who have cancer and undergoing treatment. What instructions should be included in this discussion?
Question 2
There are a variety of clinical laboratory tests and diagnostics typically used prior to and throughout pregnancy. The tests and diagnostics provide useful information from the time pregnancy is first considered through the initial days of the newborn’s life.
Discuss the most common screening test and diagnostics used throughout pregnancy and the purpose of the tests. When during pregnancy are tests performed and what is the protocol when an abnormal test or diagnostic is found?
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