When circums - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Nutritional status has a significant impact on both health and disease. For w patients, good nutritional status can help to maintain health, promote norm growth and development, and protect against disease. During illness, good nutritional status can reduce the risk for complications and speed recovery Conversely, poor nutritional status can increase the risk for illness or death Like other aspects of nursing care, nutritional assessment is a systematic ap used to identify the patient’s ...