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A patient has lost 10 pounds in the last 2 months from breast cancer and chemotherapy. The chemotherapy has caused the patient to not eat. Which nursing diagnosis should the nurse use to develop the plan of care?
 
  a. Imbalanced Nutrition: Less Than Body Requirements Related to Decreased Food Intake
  b. Imbalanced Nutrition: Less Than Body Requirements Related to Cancer
  c. Imbalanced Nutrition: Less Than Body Requirements Related to Loss of Weight
  d. Imbalanced Nutrition: Less Than Body Requirement Related to Insufficient Pre-scription of Chemotherapy

Question 2

The nurse is admitting a 45-year-old patient and asks about her family. The patient states that she lives with her daughter and son-in-law. The nurse knows that this is an example of which of the following family forms?
 
  a. Nuclear
  b. Extended
  c. Blended
  d. Alternate pattern relationship



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Answer to Question 1

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Imbalanced Nutrition: Less Than Body Requirement is the diagnostic label, whereas decreased food intake is the state of related factor(s) or etiology. The identification of a nursing diagnosis flows from the assessment and diagnostic process. Nursing diagnoses are worded in a two-part format: the diagnostic label followed by a statement of a related factor. Identify the patient's response, not the medical diagnosis. Because the medical diagnosis requires medical interventions, it is legally inadvisable to include it in the nursing diagnosis. Breast cancer is a medical diagnosis. Identify the problem and etiology to avoid a circular statement. Such statements are vague and give no direction to nursing care. Less than body requirements and loss of weight is circular. Avoid legally inadvisable statements that imply blame, negligence, or malpractice. The diagnosis that states insufficient prescription of chemotherapy implies that the health care provider gave an inadequate prescription.

Answer to Question 2

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The extended family includes relatives (aunts, uncles, grandparents, and cousins) in addition to the nuclear family. The nuclear family consists of husband and wife (and perhaps one or more children). The blended family is formed when parents bring unrelated children from prior or fos-ter parenting relationships into a new, joint living situation. Alternate pattern relationships include multi-adult households, skip-generation families (grandparents caring for grandchildren), and communal groups with children, nonfamilies (adults living alone), and cohabitating.




ashley

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Reply 2 on: Jul 22, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it


dyrone

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Great answer, keep it coming :)

 

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