The nurse is caring for an elderly patient with dementia. Which laboratory finding indicates to the nurse that that patient is often forgetting to eat meals?

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Albumin level is an indicator of the patient's protein intake and nutritional status. Normal albumin level is 3.3 to 5.5 g/dL. A very low albumin level of 1.4 g/dL indicates to the nurse that the patient has not been eating well and missing meals.

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