A patient has lost 10 pounds in the last 2 months from breast cancer and chemotherapy.The chemotherapy has caused the patient to not eat.Which nursing diagnosis should the nurse use to develop the plan of care?
A) Imbalanced Nutrition: Less Than Body Requirements Related to Decreased Food Intake
B) Imbalanced Nutrition: Less Than Body Requirements Related to Cancer
C) Imbalanced Nutrition: Less Than Body Requirements Related to Loss of Weight
D) Imbalanced Nutrition: Less Than Body Requirement Related to Insufficient Prescription of Chemotherapy

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Imbalanced Nutrition: Less Than Body Requirement is the diagnostic label,whereas decreased food intake is the state of related factor(s)or etiology.The identification of a nursing diagnosis flows from the assessment and diagnostic process.Nursing diagnoses are worded in a two-part format: the diagnostic label followed by a statement of a related factor.Identify the patient's response,not the medical diagnosis.Because the medical diagnosis requires medical interventions,it is legally inadvisable to include it in the nursing diagnosis.Breast cancer is a medical diagnosis.Identify the problem and etiology to avoid a circular statement.Such statements are vague and give no direction to nursing care.Less than body requirements and loss of weight is circular.Avoid legally inadvisable statements that imply blame,negligence,or malpractice.The diagnosis that states insufficient prescription of chemotherapy implies that the health care provider gave an inadequate prescription.

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