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Priority Nursing Diagnosis: Imbalanced nutrition: less than body requirements related to decreased oral intake AEB loss of subcutaneous
tissue.
Goal: Patient will have balanced nutrition that meets body requirements by time of discharge.
Outcome Criteria
Interventions
Scientific Rationale
Evaluation
1. Continuously monitoring
patient weight will help
determine whether progress is
being made. Awareness of daily
weights can help establish
accurate calculation of caloric
needs. It is also important to
establish whether the patient is
within normal parameters for
weight for their age.
correlation between
caffeine/carbonated beverages
and appetite is appropriate.
5. Determining preferred food
selections may contribute to
increased oral intake. Patients
may be more likely to consume
more calories if given choices of
preferred foods. It is also helpful
to determine desired nutrient
filled foods to ensure nutritional
requirements are being met.
6. Oral hygiene before meals has
a positive effect has a positive
effect on appetite. It also
positively affects the taste of
food. This intervention can
positively affect the attitude
related to eating and nutrition.
7. Total protein and albumin may
indicate a degree of protein
depletion. Therefore, they should
be monitored to evaluate protein
intake. Both lab tests are a good
indicator of nutritional status.
8. Electrolyte values are
indicators of nutrition status.
Potassium is typically increased
in malnutrition. Sodium on the
other hand is generally
decreased in malnutrition.
9. It is common to see low red
blood cell and white blood cell
counts in malnutrition. This
decrease is called anemia or
leukopenia. Continuous
assessment of these lab values
can provide information related
to nutrition status.
Work Cited:
Gulanick, M., and Myers, J.L. (2014). Nursing Care Plans, Diagnoses, Interventions, and Outcomes (8 th Edition):