The nurse is using a dietary recall tool to obtain a nutritional history on a client. The nurse must recognize the greatest limitation of using this assessment tool is which of the following?
1. Clients do not remember liquid intake from day to day.
2. It does not reflect food preferences of the client.
3. Clients do not provide reliable nutritional information.
4. It does not reflect occasional food habits.
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Rationale 1: The diet recall does not reflect all flood and liquids taken in during the previous 24 hours or longer.
Rationale 2: A 24-hour dietary recall does not need to reflect food preferences of the client to provide the needed information.
Rationale 3: Although a 24-hour dietary recall is not the most reliable method to obtain information, it is considered somewhat reliable.
Rationale 4: The food habits that are employed occasionally are not the focus of a 24-hour dietary recall. It is used to determine recent intake.
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1. Dietician 2. Physician 3. Occupational therapist 4. Clergy