Nausea often causes patients to avoid eating or drinking adequate amounts of fluids. Additionally, vomiting that often ensues from nausea may cause dehydration due to fluid loss.

Various medications can affect appetite or alter absorption and metabolism. Some medications' side effects may act as appetite stimulants, and others might cause a decrease in appetite. Furthermore,...

Pain is often considered the fifth vital sign. Frequent assessment is necessary at designated times and as needed. Pain can change after procedures, activity, or other treatments such as wound...

The etiology of compromised tissue can vary widely. Tissue can be compromised by acute or chronic health conditions, physical limitations, or equipment. This process is necessary so that appropriate...

Deficient fluid volume, or hypovolemia, results from a loss of body fluid or fluid shift, causing the fluid output to surpass fluid intake. In this process (acute or chronic), the body loses fluid...

Perform a fall risk assessment any time a patient's condition changes, environment changes, after a fall, and at designated times.