The nurse is assessing a patient for nutritional status. Which action will the nurse take?
a. Forego the assessment in the presence of chronic disease.
b. Use the Mini Nutritional Assessment for pediatric patients.
c. Choose a single objective tool that fits the patient's condition.
d. Combine multiple objective measures with subjective measures.
ANS: D
Combine multiple objective measures with subjective measures related to nutrition to adequately screen for nutritional problems. Using a single objective measure is ineffective in predicting risk of nutritional problems. Chronic disease and increased metabolic requirements are risk factors for the development of nutritional problems; these patients may be in critical need of this assessment. The Mini Nutritional Assessment is used for screening older adults in home care programs, nursing homes, and hospitals.
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