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How would you word a nursing diagnosis for obesity? I'm thinking about using knowledge deficient so my interventions can include teaching. Any other ideas?

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How would you word a nursing diagnosis for obesity? I'm thinking about using knowledge deficient so my interventions can include teaching. Any other ideas?

Imbalanced Nutrition: More than body requirements

or psychosocial, possibly, body image disturbance

Hope this helps

Jamie

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How would you word a nursing diagnosis for obesity? I'm thinking about using knowledge deficient so my interventions can include teaching. Any other ideas?

IF the client has a MEDICAL diagnosis of Obesity/Morbid obesity then you could use the NURSING diagnosis

Altered Nutrition: more than body requirements secondary to Obesity/Morbid obesity AEB BMI exceeds 30.

Go HERE to calculate your patients BMI.

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Thanks!!

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You are very welcome

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Thanks!!
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Specializes in med/surg, telemetry, IV therapy, mgmt.

You have to determine what the patient's responses are to the obesity. A nursing diagnosis is just identifying the patient's nursing problem in relation to this. I don't often talk about this on the forums, but I have had gastric bypass surgery for obesity so I know a bit about the diagnosis. I would be very surprised to hear that this patient discussed her eating disorder with you. Most people who have a serious obesity problem hide their true eating habits very much like alcoholics deny and hide their drinking. There are self-esteem, body image and coping problems connected with obesity. Imbalanced nutrition is only a small part of the problem.

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Thank you for the information and the attachment, for critical thinking and clinical report guideline sheets for students.

I am a Div 2, currently doing my Div 1.

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