Nsg 316 topic 11 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

nutritional status - ️️refers to the state or condition of one's nutrition what factors play into nurtitional status - ️️-Physiologic -Psychosocial -Developmental -Cultural -Economic factors when is optimal nutritional status achieved? -️️Achieved when sufficient nutrients are consumed to support day-to-day body needs and any increased metabolic demands due to growth, pregnancy, or illness what are the beneifits of optimal nutrition - ️️-more active -fewer physical ill...