A nurse is working with a 15-year-old girl who has been diagnosed with Anorexia Nervosa. The nurse ...

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1. Some of the characteristics of anorexia nervosa are: self starvation; relentless pursuit of thinness; distorted body image despite extreme thinness; and significant weight loss, with weight less than 85 percent of their ideal body weight. Bulimic patients will: sneak food; have recurrent episodes of binge eating with or without purging; are usually of a normal body weight; use laxatives, vomiting or excessive exercise to purge food; lose enamel on their teeth from frequent exposure to the hydrochloric acid from the stomach when vomiting; and may have Russell's sign, or teeth marks on the knuckles from self-induced vomiting.
2. Bulimic patients will lose enamel on their teeth from frequent exposure to the hydrochloric acid from the stomach when vomiting.
3. Bulimic patients will use laxatives.
4. Bulimic patients are usually of a normal body weight.