The nurse is performing a nutritional assessment on the client. Which of the following pieces of information will most likely be discovered during the nutrition history?
1. Inadequate consumption of protein
2. Client currently weighs 234 pounds
3. Presence of ascites
4. Hemoglobin level is 11.8 g/dL
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Rationale: During a nutrition history, the client provides information to the nurse about what the client has eaten. Inadequate protein consumption would be discovered during the nutrition history, during a focused interview based on what was found during the diet recall and possibly in the food frequency questionnaire. The client's weight is assessed during a nutritional screening or during the physical assessment of the nutritional assessment. Ascites would be noted during the physical assessment. A decreased hemoglobin value would be discovered during laboratory testing.
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