Question

For a patient with the following PES statement and interventions, which would be the most appropriate monitoring and evaluating data? PES Statement: Inadequate calcium intake related to food and nutrition related knowledge deficit as evidenced by statements that the only dietary source of calcium is milk and she believes that she is lactose intolerant. Patient’s nutrition prescription is for a diet providing 1200 mg calcium per day. Patient was provided with in-depth nutrition education on alternative dietary and supplement sources of calcium.

A. Calcium Intake (at subsequent visit).
B. Knowledge assessment by asking patient to identify food sources from menus and shopping list (at the end of the current visit).
C. Serum calcium (at next visit).
D. Both A and B E. Both A and C.

Answer 1

D. Both A and B

Step-by-step explanation:

The patient needs to ingest an adequate amount of calcium as the rate of calcium in his bloodstream is low. In addition, the patient has shown little knowledge of foods that have appropriate amounts of calcium for him. For this reason we can conclude that the correct answer to your question is set out in letters A and B.