One bed is available for admitting a client with an eating disorder. Of the following clients, who
should be admitted? The client whose weight dropped from
a. 150 to 100 pounds over a 4-months period, with the following vital signs:
temperature, 35.9° C; pulse, 38 beats/min; blood pressure, 60/40 mm Hg.
b. 120 to 90 pounds over a 3-month period, with the following vital signs:
temperature, 36° C; pulse, 50 beats/min; blood pressure, 70/50 mm Hg.
c. 110 to 70 pounds over a 4-month period, with the following vital signs:
temperature 36.5° C; pulse, 60 beats/min; blood pressure, 80/66 mm Hg.
d. 90 to 78 pounds over a 5-month period, with the following vital signs:
temperature, 36.7° C; pulse, 62 beats/min; blood pressure, 74/48 mm Hg.
A
Physical criteria for hospitalization include weight loss of more than 30% of body weight within 6
months, temperature below 36° C (hypothermia), heart rate less than 40 beats/min, and systolic
blood pressure less than 70 mm Hg.
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