A client is admitted with persistent diarrhea and a weight loss of 10 pounds. What would the nurse recognize as the significance of the weight loss if the client stated that he had lost the weight over the past 3 months?
A) Signifies a chronic versus acute condition
B) Signifies that it was an intentional weight loss
C) Signifies there is no nutritional deficit
D) Signifies an ongoing acute condition
A
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A weight loss that occurs relatively rapidly is due to an acute condition versus weight loss that occurs over time. The latter could be caused by a deliberate change in eating habits, or it could have a physiologic cause such as cancer. Anything that occurs over time is considered chronic rather than acute.
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