During a discussion between the student nurse and nurse about the results of a client's nutritional assessment, the student nurse asks, "Which one of the pieces of the nutritional assessment is least important?" Of the following responses,
which one is the nurse's best response? 1. "The nutrition history is most important because it helps us understand how the client has been eating.".
2. "The head-to-toe physical assessment is most important because it helps us see how the client's nutritional status is affecting their body.".
3. "The laboratory-based diagnostic tests are most important because they give us information about something that may be happening within the client's body that we weren't able to find during the physical assessment.".
4. "Actually, every piece of the nutritional assessment is important. They have to be used together to paint the most complete picture of the client's nutritional status.".
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Rationale: A nutritional assessment is comprised of the nutrition history, physical assessment, and laboratory diagnostic testing. Each piece provides specific information that must be combined together to create the entire picture about what is happening with the client. No single piece of the assessment is more important than another piece.
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