The nurse is admitting a patient to the medical unit. Which of the following are reasons the nurse may perform a nutritional screening on this patient? (Select all that apply.)
a. To assess risk for malnutrition
b. To assist with feeding
c. To identify risk for aspiration
d. To determine body weight
A, B, C
A nurse's role includes performing nutritional screening to assess a patient's risk status for malnutrition, assessing and assisting an adult patient with feeding, and identifying patients at risk for aspiration during oral feeding. Although determining body weight is one aspect of assessing nutritional status, it is not the focus of a nutritional screening.
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