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DyllonKazuo · **on:** Jul 11, 2018

Which of the following are nursing interventions for the nursing diagnosis of Imbalanced nutrition: less than body requirements? (Select all that apply.)

a. Provide adequate, easily digestible, soft, bland foods.
b. Give small, frequent, highly nutritional meals.
c. Allow extra time to eat.
d. Offer three regular meals of highly nutritious foods.

Question 2

Which of the following are examples of the AIDS wasting syndrome in a patient with an HIV infection? (Select all that apply.)

a. Episodes of vomiting for 20 days
b. Appearance of Kaposi sarcoma
c. Loss of 10 of body mass
d. Marked hair loss
e. Episodes of diarrhea for 30 days
f.
Episodes of hypotension

Jody Vaughn · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 11, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: A, B, C
A nursing diagnosis of Imbalanced nutrition: less than body requirements will require the nurse to give small, frequent, highly nutritional meals; to allow extra time to eat; and to provide adequate, easily digestible, soft, bland foods.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C, E
The AIDS wasting syndrome is due to disturbances in metabolism involving lean body mass. The wasting syndrome is signaled by 10 loss of body weight, 30 days of diarrhea, weakness, and fever. The person who has the wasting syndrome is considered to have AIDS.