A woman with Puerto Rican heritage is 30 weeks pregnant and has been hospitalized for premature contractions for the past 5 days. She has lost 3 pounds since admission because she "can't find food that tastes like what she eats at home." When documenting her progress, which nursing diagnosis would be most appropriate at this time

The most appropriate nursing diagnosis would be:

Imbalanced nutrition: less than body requirements related to unmet cultural food preferences

Explanation:

Imbalanced Nutrition: Less Than Body Requirements in women mainly occurs when a higher incidence regarding voluntary restriction of food intake secondary to anorexia, bulimia, and self-constructed fad dieting.

Here are some factors that may be related to Imbalanced Nutrition: Less Than Body Requirements:

Inability to absorb or metabolize foods

Inability to digest foods

Inability to ingest foods

Inability to procure adequate amounts of food

Increased metabolic needs caused by disease process or therapy

Knowledge deficit

Unwillingness to eat

avoiding recreational drugs instead of using them

answer(d) call 911;