Which nursing diagnosis is appropriate for the home health nurse to use when planning care for a patient who has had a total gastrectomy with an anastomosis of the esophagus to the jejunum for treatment of stomach cancer?

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After this procedure, there will be less surface area for nutrient absorption and vitamins that are normally absorbed in the duodenum will have poor absorption. Chronic pain may occur, but this is due to cancer, not to changes that occur in GI function because of surgery. Parenteral nutrition may be used in the immediate postoperative period but is not needed on an ongoing basis. The patient will not have a jejunostomy tube.

Which Nursing Diagnosis Is Appropriate for the Home Health Nurse