A client is admitted with acute pancreatitis. The nurse recognizes the client's nutritional outcomes have been met when the client exhibits which of the following?
1. Client's weight has increased 0.5 pounds over 1 week.
2. Client's weight has decreased 2 pounds over 1 week.
3. Client's weight has decreased 2 pounds over the past day.
4. Client's weight has increased 1 pound over the past day.
Client's weight has increased 0.5 pounds over 1 week.
Rationale: The overall nutritional outcome for this client is to not lose weight. Nutritional status is reflected over 1 week, whereas fluid status is reflected from day to day. Thus, the client's weight gain of 0.5 pound over 1 week meets the outcomes for this goal, whereas the 2-pound loss over 1 week reflects a net nutritional loss. The weight decreasing 2 pounds and increasing 1 pound over the past day indicates fluid loss and gain, respectively.
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