The nurse is admitting a person to the unit and is assessing the patient's nutritional status.In assessing the patient's nutritional status,the nurse realizes that:

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Use clinical judgment when evaluating muscular patients,such as body builders or those patients with large amounts of edema or ascites,because these physiological states will lead to false overestimation of the degree of fatness.
BMI alone is not a perfect predictor of overweight or obesity.Use clinical judgment when evaluating muscular patients such as body builders or those patients with large amounts of edema or ascites,because these physiological states will lead to false overestimation of the degree of fatness.You gather weight information in several ways,including usual body weight (UBW),ideal body weight (IBW),actual body weight (ABW),and BMI.A thorough nutritional assessment usually requires the collection of all of these weight measures.The magnitude and direction of weight change are more meaningful than standardized weight references when one is dealing with sick or debilitated patients.

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