The nurse knows that which nursing diagnoses are most important when considering care of a patient with anorexia nervosa? Select all that apply.

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3. While all the answer choices represent possible nursing diagnoses for patients with eating disorders, at the core of most eating disorder pathology is the over evaluation of the importance of body shape and the control of body weight. Therefore, the primary nursing diagnoses patients with eating disorders will be either disturbed body image or, for those patients whose priority is weight restoration, imbalanced nutrition: less than body requirements.
5. While all the answer choices represent possible nursing diagnoses for patients with eating disorders, at the core of most eating disorder pathology is the over evaluation of the importance of body shape and the control of body weight. Therefore, the primary nursing diagnoses patients with eating disorders will be either disturbed body image or, for those patients whose priority is weight restoration, imbalanced nutrition: less than body requirements.

The Nurse Knows That Which Nursing Diagnoses Are Most Important