Question

1. which nutritional screening tool has five steps as well as management guidelines?

• malnutrition screening tool (mst)
• malnutrition universal screening tool (must)
• mini nutritional assessment (mna)
• nutrition risk score 2002 (nrs - 2002)

1. mr. flannagan has been recently diagnosed with early alzheimer’s. which signs or symptoms do you expect him to have as the disease worsens?

• renewed interest in reading, writing, and puzzles
• consistent weight gain over the next few years
• difficulty learning new things, organizing, and logical thinking
• remembering how to make appointments with the health provider

1. which nutritional screening tool is the most commonly used to screen institutionalized geriatric patients?

• malnutrition screening tool (mst)
• malnutrition universal screening tool (must)
• mini nutritional assessment (mna)
• nutrition risk score 2002 (nrs - 2002)

1. what is the purpose of checking nitrogen balance?

• it can indicate adequate or inadequate protein consumption
• it is useful in diagnosing frailty and sarcopenia
• it can measure impaired inflammatory response
• it indicates whether the person has muscle depletion

1. which of the following is a sign or symptom associated with dysphagia?

• feeling emptiness in the stomach
• heavy abdominal pain

Explanation:

1. The Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST) has five steps and management guidelines.
2. As Alzheimer's disease worsens, difficulty learning new things, organizing, and logical thinking are expected symptoms. Memory - related and cognitive - decline symptoms are typical.
3. The Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) is commonly used for screening institutionalized geriatric patients.
4. Checking nitrogen balance can indicate adequate or inadequate protein consumption as nitrogen is related to protein metabolism.
5. Dysphagia is difficulty swallowing, and feeling of food remaining in the throat is a related symptom.

Answer:

1. B. Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST)
2. C. Difficulty learning new things, organizing, and logical thinking
3. C. Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA)
4. A. It can indicate adequate or inadequate protein consumption
5. (No options for 5th question in text, but if there was a "Feeling of food remaining in the throat" option it would be correct)