The nurse is caring for a patient receiving an extensive regimen of chemotherapy. The nurse recognizes that the patient's ability to avoid muscle wasting during this treatment is most affected by which factor?
1. Pretreatment nutritional status
2. Management of nausea and vomiting
3. General attitude related to food
4. Nutritional value of the foods the patient is likely to eat
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Rationale 1: The patient who is already malnourished before surgery, injury, or disease will have less available body stores to draw on during a metabolically challenging event.
Rationale 2: The management of nausea and vomiting is not specific to muscle wasting.
Rationale 3: This factor applies to all patients and is not specific to muscle wasting.
Rationale 4: This factor applies to all patients and is not specific to muscle wasting.
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