Imbalanced Nutrition (Below Body Requirements): Nursing Diagnosis & Care Plan
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Definition: The patient is taking in fewer calories, protein, or key nutrients than the body currently needs to function and heal.
What is the Imbalanced Nutrition (Below Body Requirements) nursing diagnosis related to?
- Poor appetite or intake
- Increased metabolic demand
- Difficulty swallowing or absorbing
What is Imbalanced Nutrition (Below Body Requirements) evidenced by?
- Weight loss, low intake
- Weakness, poor wound healing
- Low albumin/prealbumin
What are sample goals for the Imbalanced Nutrition (Below Body Requirements) nursing diagnosis?
- Patient maintains or gains toward goal weight and meets nutritional targets.
Which nursing interventions go with the Imbalanced Nutrition (Below Body Requirements) diagnosis?
- Monitor intake, weight, and labs
- Offer small, frequent, preferred, high-calorie/protein foods
- Involve dietitian; treat nausea/pain that limit intake
Where do these Imbalanced Nutrition (Below Body Requirements) recommendations come from?
The wording above is our own, written from widely taught nursing fundamentals; it is not copied from NANDA-I. For background on the underlying health problem, these public sources were read on October 21, 2026:
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What is the Imbalanced Nutrition (Below Body Requirements) nursing diagnosis?
The patient is taking in fewer calories, protein, or key nutrients than the body currently needs to function and heal.
What are the related factors for Imbalanced Nutrition (Below Body Requirements)?
Common related factors: Poor appetite or intake; Increased metabolic demand; Difficulty swallowing or absorbing. In your care plan, write it as "Imbalanced Nutrition (Below Body Requirements) related to [factor] as evidenced by [your patient's data]."
What are nursing interventions for Imbalanced Nutrition (Below Body Requirements)?
Key interventions: Monitor intake, weight, and labs; Offer small, frequent, preferred, high-calorie/protein foods; Involve dietitian; treat nausea/pain that limit intake, each with a rationale in your plan.
For nursing education only, NOT medical advice and not a clinical decision-making tool. Nothing here should be used to assess, diagnose, or treat any real patient. Care plans and answers are unverified study drafts to review with your instructor or a licensed clinician and adapt to the individual patient and your institution’s protocols before any use.
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