Question

A client is admitted to the hospital with an exacerbation of his chronic gastritis. what recommendation should the nurse make when evaluating his nutritional status?

Answer 1

The nurse should expect to the client who has chronic gastritis is that the client would have a deficiency in vitamin B 12. A person who exhibits chronic gastritis promotes a damage lining in the stomach where in it will affect the production of the intrinsic factor, lessening it. It will give the effect of poor vitamin b12 absorption because of this factors.