Imbalanced Nutrition: Less Than Body Requirements related to :
- Weakness
- Frequent cough / sputum production
- Anorexia
- Insufficiency of financial resources
Expected outcomes :
- Showed an increase in body weight
- Shows changes in behavior / lifestyle to improve / maintain the right weight
Nursing Interventions Imbalanced Nutrition: Less Than BodyRequirements for Pulmonary Tuberculosis
- Record the patient’s nutritional status on admission, record theskin turgor, weight loss, oral mucosal integrity, the ability to swallow, a history of nausea / vomiting or diarrhea
- Make sure the patient’s usual diet
- Supervise the input and expenditure and weight periodically
- Investigate anorexia, nausea, vomiting and note a possible relationship with drugs
- Encourage and provide frequent rest periods.
- Provide oral care before and after the act of breathing.
- Encourage small and frequent meals with foods high in proteinand karbohodrat.
- Encourage the person nearest to bring food from home.
- Collaboration dietitian to determine the composition of the diet.
- Consult with respiratory therapy to the treatment schedule 1-2 hours before and after meals.
- Supervise laboratory examination
- Collaboration of antipyretic therapy
