Nutrition and Diet Therapy 6th Edition by Carroll Lutz, Erin Mazur , Nancy Litch

Exercise 5

Mr. J, 58 years old, visits his physician with a complaint of abdominal pain. He is scheduled for a diagnostic work-up, which will include a barium enema (x-ray study of his colon). Before this procedure, the nurse should instruct the client to:
A) Eat a large breakfast on the day of the examination, such as orange juice, cereal, toast, scrambled eggs, and milk.
B) Drink ample fluids on the morning of the examination, including at least 12 ounces of juice, 1 cup of gelatin, and broth.
C) Take nothing orally after midnight on the day of the examination and consume only gelatin; clear broth; tea; coffee; and grape, apple, or cranberry juice on the day before the examination.
D) Drink milk, juices, and coffee and eat only strained cream soups, ice cream, and gelatin on the day before the examination and take nothing orally after midnight.