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2. Protein–energy malnutrition - Wikipedia

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   Specialty. Endocrinology. Protein–energy undernutrition ( PEU ), once called protein-energy malnutrition ( PEM ), is a form of malnutrition that is defined as a range of conditions arising from coincident lack of dietary protein and/or energy ( calories) in varying proportions. The condition has mild, moderate, and severe degrees.

3. Nutritional challenges of HIV/AIDS - Wikipedia

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   The challenges that those living with HIV/AIDS face can be the result of the viral infection itself or from the effects of anti-HIV therapy ( HAART ). [1] Some of the side effects from HAART that may affect how the body absorbs and utilizes nutrients include fatigue, nausea, and poor appetite. [2] The nutritional needs of people with HIV/AIDS ...

4. Clinical nutrition - Wikipedia

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   Clinical nutrition centers on the prevention, diagnosis, and management of nutritional changes in patients linked to chronic diseases and conditions primarily in health care. Clinical in this sense refers to the management of patients, including not only outpatients at clinics and in private practice, but also inpatients in hospitals.

5. Nursing diagnosis - Wikipedia

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   Nursing diagnosis. A nursing diagnosis may be part of the nursing process and is a clinical judgment about individual, family, or community experiences/responses to actual or potential health problems/life processes. Nursing diagnoses foster the nurse's independent practice (e.g., patient comfort or relief) compared to dependent interventions ...

6. ADIME - Wikipedia

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   ADIME, or Assessment, Diagnosis, Intervention, and Monitoring/Evaluation, is a process used to ensure high quality nutrition care to patients and clients from nutrition professionals, such as Registered Dietitians (RD) or Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN). [1] [2] ADIME is used as a means of charting patient progress and to encourage a ...

7. NANDA International - Wikipedia

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   Website. Nanda.org. NANDA International (formerly the North American Nursing Diagnosis Association) is a professional organization of nurses interested in standardized nursing terminology, that was officially founded in 1982 and develops, researches, disseminates and refines the nomenclature, criteria, and taxonomy of nursing diagnoses.

8. Thiamine deficiency - Wikipedia

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   Thiamine deficiency is a medical condition of low levels of thiamine (vitamin B 1 ). [1] A severe and chronic form is known as beriberi. [1] [7] The name beriberi is possibly in the 18th century borrowed from the Sinhalese phrase බැරි බැරි (bæri bæri, “I cannot, I cannot”) due to weakness. The two main types in adults are ...

9. Nursing care plan - Wikipedia

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   A nursing care plan provides direction on the type of nursing care the individual/family/community may need. [1] The main focus of a nursing care plan is to facilitate standardised, evidence-based and holistic care. [2] Nursing care plans have been used for quite a number of years for human purposes and are now also getting used in the ...