The Nurse Is Performing a Nutritional Assessment on a 15-Year-Old

question 4

Multiple Choice

The nurse is performing a nutritional assessment on a 15-year-old girl, who tells the nurse that she is "so fat." Assessment reveals that she is 1.6 m tall and weighs 50 kg.An appropriate response from the nurse would be:

• A)"How much do you think you should weigh?"
• B)"Don't worry about it; you're not that overweight."
• C)"The best thing for you would be to go on a diet."
• D)"I used to always think I was fat when I was your age."

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