To create a new nutritional plan of care for a patient, the nurse needs to do which of the follow-ing? (Select all that apply.)
a. Utilize the characteristics of a normal nu-tritional status.
b. Evaluate previous patient responses to nursing interventions.
c. Exclude established expected outcomes to evaluate patient responses.
d. Design innovative interventions to meet the patient's needs.
e. Follow through with evaluation and counseling.
ANS: A, B, D, E
To create a new nutritional plan of care, the nurse must utilize characteristics of a normal nutri-tional status to gauge effectiveness of the plan. The nurse must be aware of previous patient re-sponses to nursing interventions for altered nutrition to determine the probability of success. The nurse must use established expected outcomes to evaluate the patient's response to care (e.g., pa-tient's weight increases by 0.5 kg/week). The nurse must also be creative when designing innova-tive nursing interventions to meet the patient's nutritional needs and must demonstrate responsi-bility by following through with evaluation and counseling to successfully reach goals.
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