What would be the best nutritional goal for the patient with acute kidney injury?

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1. Maintenance of body weight (with no evidence of excessive fluid intake or output) is important. The weight gain could be excess fluid, which is not desirable.
2. Eating over 50% of meals does not indicate the specific foods ingested. In order to accomplish nutritional goals, 100% of the diet should be consumed.
3. The nurse assesses the patient for indications that he is being adequately nourished. These include an albumin level of 3.5 to 4.0 g/dL; increase of this level shows improvement.
4. The protein level is too high. The normal range is 6 to 8 g/dL.

What Would Be the Best Nutritional Goal for the Patient