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).
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