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TFauchery

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on: Jul 11, 2018
An appropriate nursing diagnosis for a 75-year-old man with congestive heart failure who is living independently but has inadequate nutritional intake would be Imbalanced nutrition, less than body requirement related to:
 
  a. activity intolerance.
  b. difficulty in swallowing.
  c. restricted diet.
  d. nausea and vomiting.

Question 2

The most significant laboratory value that would alert the nurse to probable malnutrition would be a:
 
  a. high hemoglobin level (18 g/dl).
  b. low white blood cell count (5000/mm3).
  c. high hematocrit level (51).
  d. low serum albumin level (2.8 g/dl).


Carissamariew

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Reply #1 on: Jul 11, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANS: A

Answer to Question 2

ANS: D


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