When a deficiency in nutritional status of a patient is assessed, the hospice nurse should:
a. make a comprehensive grocery list for the caregiver.
b. alert the licensed medical nutritionist.
c. seek culturally appropriate methods to increase nutrition.
d. instruct the caregiver to give the patient multivitamins.
B
The hospice nurse can call on the nutritionist for assistance for the patient who is assessed as having a nutritional deficit.
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