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Average Score: 85%
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A nurse is caring for an 84-year-old client who is malnourished. The nurse is concerned about all of the following complications of malnutrition EXCEPT
Correct answer
C
Rationale
Malnutrition increases fall risk, impairs wound healing, and raises infection risk due to weakened immunity. Chronic heart failure is not directly caused by malnutrition.