A client receiving chemotherapy expresses food aversion to meals. Which action should the nurse take to support this client's nutritional needs?

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Learned food aversions can occur in patients who have experienced adverse effects of treatment and have come to associate those effects with the food consumed at that time. Small meals are not overwhelming and do not upset the stomach as easily. Antiemetics are given for nausea. Providing only the foods that the client likes does not ensure adequate nutrition. Administration of dietary supplements is not an independent nursing intervention, nor does it manage the client's primary complaints.

A Client Receiving Chemotherapy Expresses Food Aversion to Meals