If a nurse wants to assess a client's nutritional status, he or she may use
a. dietary standards, dietary behaviors, Ac-ceptable Macronutrient Distribution Ranges, and biochemical analysis.
b. biochemical analysis, food records, com-puterized dietary analysis, and Tolerable Upper Intake Level.
c. Recommended Dietary Allowances, clin-ical examination, psychosocial behaviors, and risk assessment.
d. dietary evaluation, clinical examination, biochemical analysis, and anthropometric measurements.
D
Nutritional status is assessed using a combination of dietary evaluation, clinical examination, bi-ochemical analysis, and anthropometric measurements. Dietary standards Acceptable Macronu-trient Distribution Ranges, Tolerable Upper Intake Level, and Recommended Dietary Allow-ances may be used to evaluate data obtaining using these methods. Dietary behaviors, psychoso-cial behaviors, food records, and computerized dietary analysis may be used as part of dietary evaluation.
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