An 83-year-old woman was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease 2 years ago and the disease has progressed at an increasing pace in recent months
The patient has lost 16 pounds over the past 3 months, leading to a nursing diagnosis of Imbalanced Nutrition: Less than Body Requirements. What intervention should the nurse include in this patient's plan of care?
A) Offer the patient rewards for finishing all the food on her tray.
B) Offer the patient bland, low-salt foods to limit offensiveness.
C) Offer the patient only one food item at a time to promote focused eating.
D) Arrange for insertion of a gastrostomy tube and initiate enteral feeding.
Ans: C
Feedback:
To avoid any "playing" with food, one dish should be offered at a time. Foods should be familiar and appealing, not bland. Tube feeding is not likely necessary at this time and a reward system is unlikely to be beneficial.
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