A nursing student is studying nutritional problems and learns that kwashiorkor is distinguished from marasmus with which finding?
a. Deficit of calories
b. Lack of all nutrients
c. Specific lack of protein
d. Unknown cause of malnutrition
ANS: C
Kwashiorkor is a lack of protein when total calories are adequate. Marasmus is a caloric malnutrition.
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When choosing to delegate, the nurse should delegate the task to the most qualified person or to the person he or she wishes to:
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