Nutritional Assessment Purposes

Question 1

Purposes of nutritional assessment
* Identify individuals who are _____ or are at risk of developing ________

Answer 1

malnourished or at risk of developing malnutrition

Question 2

Purposes of nutritional assessment

• Provide data for designing a ______ plan of care that will prevent or
  minimize development of malnutrition

Answer 2

nutrition plan

Question 3

Purposes of nutritional assessment

• Establish _____ data for evaluating efficacy of nutritional care

Answer 3

baseline data