The nurse is assessing a patient whose body mass index is within the overweight category. When identifying nursing diagnoses for this patient, which of the following should be included?
1. altered health maintenance
2. imbalanced nutrition: more than body requirements
3. risk for injury
4. risk for exercise intolerance
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Rationale: According to the body mass index assessment, the patient is considered overweight. This would indicate the need for the nursing diagnosis of imbalanced nutrition: more than body requirements. There is no evidence to suggest that the patient has altered health maintenance. There is also no evidence to suggest that the patient is at an increased risk for injury or exercise intolerance.
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