During preconception counseling, the nurse encourages a prospective mother to increase dietary intake of which vitamin in order to reduce her risk of having a baby with a neural tube defect?

The 78-year-old resident of a nursing home is brought to the emergency department for abdominal pain that is not responsive to oxycodone. She takes captopril, atenolol, lovastatin, and glyburide in addition to the oxycodone. Upon assessment, her abdomen is full and mildly tender. She has positive bowel sounds and reports passing gas but no stools for 96 hours. She denies anorexia or vomiting. A digital rectal examination is performed and stool is found in the rectum. The nurse anticipates being ordered to perform which intervention for this patient?  

Which food is a priority for the nurse to encourage the patient to eat? Look at the patient’s chart to make a selection.