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Title: An assessment of a child's nutritional status reveals the child is alert, with shiny hair, firm ...
Post by: Ieatbutt on Feb 6, 2018
An assessment of a child's nutritional status reveals the child is alert, with shiny hair, firm gums, firm mucous membranes, and regular elimination. How would this child's nutritional status be described?
 
  a. Overnourished
  b. Undernourished
  c. Well nourished
  d. Borderline


Title: An assessment of a child's nutritional status reveals the child is alert, with shiny hair, firm ...
Post by: dua on Feb 6, 2018
ANS: C
Well-nourished children show steady gains in height and weight and have shiny hair, firm gums and mucous membranes, and regular elimination.