NSE 22A/B Chapter Notes -Blood Sugar, Constipation, Guided Imagery
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Review the components of a thorough nutritional nursing assessment (including cultural considerations) Nutritional assessments are to determine if the client is in or at risk for malnutrition. Nutritional status (ns) of a client is assessed when a condition interferes with the ability to ingest, digest or absorb adequate nutrition exists. Anthropometry: measurement system of the size and makeup of the body. Ideal body weight (idw), body mass index (bmi), and waist circumferences (wc) are all ways of measuring the client"s body size and health risk. Laboratory and biochemical tests: common tests used to study ns of client may be measures of plasma protein (albumin, prealbumin, transferrin, retinol binding protein, total iron binding capacity and hemoglobin). The test results may be influenced by fluid balance, liver function, kidney function and presence of a disease. Dietary hx and health hx: dietary history focuses on client"s habitual intake of food, preferences, allergies and ability to obtain food.