Nutrition Care for Individuals and GroupsDifficulty 2/5
Which outcome belongs in the monitoring and evaluation step for the PES statement 'inadequate oral intake related to nausea as evidenced by intake at 50% of estimated needs'?
- AThe medical team's decision about continuing the chemotherapy regimen
- BThe client's satisfaction with the hospital food service menu options
- CThe client's serum albumin measured at the next inpatient blood draw
- DThe percentage of estimated energy and protein needs met at follow-up
Show answer and rationale
Correct: D. Monitoring tracks the signs and symptoms named in the PES statement. The evidence was intake as a percentage of needs, so that is the indicator to re-measure.
- C — Albumin reflects inflammation rather than the named evidence.
- A — Treatment decisions are outside the nutrition diagnosis.
- B — Satisfaction is not the measured evidence of the diagnosis.