The nurse is caring for a patient requiring digestive enzyme replacement therapy and establishes what appropriate nursing diagnosis for this patient?
A) Acute pain
B) Risk for constipation
C) Risk for imbalanced nutrition
D) Bowel incontinence
C
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The nurse would be concerned about the patient's nutritional status because lack of digestive enzymes results in malnutrition. Replacement digestive enzymes help the patient improve digestion and absorption of essential nutrients. Effectiveness of the therapy is determined by the patient's ability to maintain balanced nutrition. The other three options are not applicable to the use of replacement digestive enzymes.
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