Question

A woman with Puerto Rican heritage is 30 weeks pregnant and has been hospitalized for premature contractions for the past 5 days. She has lost 3 pounds since admission because she "can't find food that tastes like what she eats at home." When documenting her progress, which nursing diagnosis would be most appropriate at this time

Answer 1

Answer:

The most appropriate nursing diagnosis would be:

Imbalanced nutrition: less than body requirements related to unmet cultural food preferences

Explanation:

Imbalanced Nutrition: Less Than Body Requirements in women mainly occurs when a higher incidence regarding voluntary restriction of food intake secondary to anorexia, bulimia, and self-constructed fad dieting.

Here are some factors that may be related to Imbalanced Nutrition: Less Than Body Requirements:

Inability to absorb or metabolize foods

Inability to digest foods

Inability to ingest foods

Inability to procure adequate amounts of food

Increased metabolic needs caused by disease process or therapy

Knowledge deficit

Unwillingness to eat

Answer 2

Answer:

Imbalanced nutrition: less than body requirements related to unmet cultural food preferences.

Explanation:

The body required the right nutrients and at the right time to carry out necessary metabolic reactions.

An imbalanced nutrition: less than body requirements means that their in insufficient or lack of intake of nutrients needed to meet the daily metabolic needs.

Factors that can cause an imbalanced nutrition: less than body requirements includes;

Inability to absorb nutrients needed by the body

Inability to digest foods properly and completely

Inability to ingest foods normally

Lack of knowledge

Unwillingness to eat

Disturbance in the physical, social, and psychological status