[Answered]: Your client is on a fluid restriction and asks you…

Your client is on a fluid restriction and asks you to fill their water pitcher above the allowed amount. What should you do? a) Fill the pitcher as per the client request. b) Fill the water pitcher with more ice. c) Remind the client of their fluid restriction and update the nurse. d) Refuse to give them the requested amount. Alma is an older client with dementia. You notice that Alma eats more at mealtime when they can pick things up with their fingers. What should you do? a) Continue trying to persuade Alma to eat with the utensils. b) Make sure that Alma is wearing a clothing protector around their neck and across their lap at all times. c) Update the nurse and ask if finger foods can be incorporated into Alma’s meals. d) Make sure that Alma has soft foods for every meal. One of your clients refuses to follow a wellbalanced diet and keeps many unhealthy snacks in their room. What should you do? a) Take the snacks away when they are napping. b) Tell the family to remove the snacks and not to bring more. c) Remove the snacks and then place them at the nurse’s station. d) Update the nurse so that they can reinforce diet recommendations with them. You find your client taking multiple vitamins brought from home while eating their breakfast. What should you do? a) Update the nurse right away. b) Ask them to give them to you. c) Tell the family that they need to take them home. d) Offer to put them in the locked drawer of their bedside table. Your client has chosen to eat their breakfast in their room. You have their breakfast tray and are about to place it on the bedside table when you notice a full urinal on the table. What should you do? a) Place the food tray next to the full urinal and then empty the urinal. b) Empty the urinal, sanitize the bedside table, and then place their food on the bedside table. c) Place the urinal on top of the dresser next to them and then place their food on the bedside table. d) Ask the client to eat in the dining room while you tidy their bedroom. Your client receives a mechanically altered diet and asks you what the green food is. What should you do? a) Tell them that you have no idea. b) Taste the food and offer an idea. c) Smell the food and offer an idea. d) Look at the day’s menu and update the client. While feeding one of your clients with dementia, they become agitated and spit food in your hair. What should you do? a) Firmly tell them that it is wrong to spit foods. b) Excuse yourself, clean up, and report the behavior to the nurse. c) Refuse to feed them the rest of the meal. d) Laugh it off; they don’t know what they’re doing. Your client vomits during dinner. What would you do? a) Clean the client and then ask if they would like to eat the rest of their meal in their room. b) Take the client to their room where you can care for them and then update the nurse. c) Offer another food choice like chicken noodle soup or gelatin. d) Clean the client and then take them to their room for a nap.