The nurse is assessing a patient for nutritional status.In doing so,what must the nurse do?

A) Choose a single objective tool that fits the patient's condition.
B) Combine multiple objective measures with subjective measures.
C) Forego the assessment in the presence of chronic disease.
D) Use the Mini Nutritional Assessment for pediatric patients.

Using a single objective measure is ineffective in predicting risk of nutritional problems.Combine multiple objective measures with subjective measures related to nutrition to adequately screen for nutritional problems.Chronic disease and increased metabolic requirements are risk factors for the development of nutritional problems;these patients may be in critical need of this assessment.The Mini Nutritional Assessment was developed to use for screening older persons in home care programs,nursing homes,and hospitals.