Exam 17: Nutrition Care and Assessment

Describe the effects of illness on nutrition status and list two examples of conditions associated with malnutrition. ​

Changes in hydration , as well as diarrhea  due to illness, affect nutrition status primarily by ____. ​

Lee is a 78-year-old woman with mild loss of muscle mass, loss of about 7 percent of body weight over the past 6 months, and mild feeding difficulties associated with rheumatoid arthritis. Using the Subjective Global Assessment, she is most likely to be classified in which category? ​

List two advantages and two disadvantages of each of the four methods of obtaining food intake data. ​

Which test is primarily used for monitoring kidney function? ​

A registered dietitian performed a Subjective Global Assessment on a newly admitted patient to the hospital. The dietitian gives several "C" ratings for the patient's assessment variables. This most likely means that  the patient is  ____. ​

Fluid accumulation typically results in ____. ​

A BMI-for-age above the ____ percentile indicates that the child may be overweight. ​