A patient of Middle Eastern descent has lost 5 lbs during hospitalization and states that the food offered is not allowed in his diet owing to religious preferences
Based on this information, an appropriate nursing diagnostic statement is Imbalanced nutrition: less than body requirements related to a. Religious preferences.
b. Decreased oral intake.
c. Weight loss.
d. Race and ethnicity.
B
The cause or related to factor in this case is the patient's lack of oral intake due to lack of appropriate food choices. The patient's religious preferences, race, and ethnicity did not cause his weight loss. Ultimately, the lack of food choices and his decreased intake caused him to lose weight. Weight loss is a sign of imbalanced nutrition, not a cause. The weight loss would be noticed during the assessment and would lead to the nursing diagnosis, not in reverse order.
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