You are admitting an AIDS patient to your unit. Part of your admission assessment is determining nutritional status. What do you assess to determine the patient's nutritional status? (Mark all that apply.)
A) Serum protease levels
B) Weight history
C) Anthropologic measurements
D) Patient's ability to buy and prepare food
E) BUN results
Ans: B, D, E
Feedback: Nutritional status is assessed by obtaining a dietary history and identifying factors that may interfere with oral intake, such as anorexia, nausea, vomiting, oral pain, or difficulty swallowing. In addition, the patient's ability to purchase and prepare food is assessed. Weight history (ie, changes over time); anthropometric measurements; and blood urea nitrogen (BUN), serum protein, albumin, and transferrin levels provide objective measurements of nutritional status. Serum protease levels are not part of determining the patient's nutritional status.
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