Which nursing intervention is likely to be most helpful in providing adequate nutrition while a client is recovering from a thermal burn injury?
a. Allowing the client to eat whenever he or she wants
b. Beginning parenteral nutrition high in calories
c. Including 3000 kcal/day of calories with meals
d. Providing a low-protein, high-fat diet
A
Clients should request food whenever they think they can eat, not just according to the hospital's standard meal schedule. The nurse needs to work with a dietitian to provide a high-calorie, high-protein diet to help with wound healing. Clients who can eat solid foods should ingest as many calories as possible; they may need as many as 5000 kcal/day. Specific caloric requirements can be determined by the dietitian. Parenteral nutrition may be given as a last resort because it is invasive and can lead to infectious and metabolic complications.
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