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NCLEX-RN · Question #399

As a postoperative cholecystectomy client completes tomorrow's dinner menu, the nurse knows that one of the following meal choices will best provide the essential vitamin(s) necessary for proper…

The correct answer is D. Chicken breast fillet in tomato sauce, potatoes, mustard greens, orange and strawberry slices. (A) This meal choice provides more of the vitamins A, D, and K than of vitamin C. (B) This meal choice provides more of the vitamins A, B12, and D than of vitamin C. (C) This meal choice provides more of the vitamins A, B1 (thiamine), niacin, and microminerals than of vitamin…

Physiological Integrity: Basic Care and Comfort

Question

As a postoperative cholecystectomy client completes tomorrow's dinner menu, the nurse knows that one of the following meal choices will best provide the essential vitamin(s) necessary for proper tissue healing?

Options

  • ALiver, white rice, spinach, tossed salad, custard pudding
  • BFish fillet, carrots, mashed potatoes, butterscotch pudding
  • CRoast chicken, gelatin with sliced fruit
  • DChicken breast fillet in tomato sauce, potatoes, mustard greens, orange and strawberry slices

How the community answered

(42 responses)
  • A
    5% (2)
  • B
    2% (1)
  • C
    10% (4)
  • D
    83% (35)

Explanation

(A) This meal choice provides more of the vitamins A, D, and K than of vitamin C. (B) This meal choice provides more of the vitamins A, B12, and D than of vitamin C. (C) This meal choice provides more of the vitamins A, B1 (thiamine), niacin, and microminerals than of vitamin C. (D) This meal choice provides foods rich in vitamin C, which are essential in tissue healing.

Topics

#wound healing nutrition#Vitamin C food sources#postoperative diet#cholecystectomy care

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