The nurse identifies the nursing diagnosis of imbalanced nutrition: less than body requirements related to inability to feed self for a patient with right-sided hemiplegia.What is an appropriate nursing intervention to help improve the patient's nutrition?
A) Assist the patient to eat with her left hand.
B) Provide a puréed diet that is easy for the patient to swallow.
C) Stroke the patient's throat while feeding her to stimulate swallowing of food.
D) Provide a wide variety of food choices on the meal tray to stimulate her appetite.
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