title: Nursing Care Considerations for the Hospitalized Patient with an Eating Disorder.
abstract: Eating disorders are chronic psychiatric illnesses with significant medical complications, psychological distress, and psychiatric comorbidity. Although many patients are treated on an outpatient basis, inpatient care for the more severely ill hospitalized patient can be challenging given the severity of illness and concurrent issues requiring intervention. This article provides an overview of the clinical characteristics of eating disorders typically seen for inpatient care, focusing primarily on anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa, and the associated key areas for nursing assessment, diagnoses, and plan of care during hospitalization.
authors.affiliation: Boston College Wm. F. Connell School of Nursing, Maloney Hall, 140 Commonwealth Avenue, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, USA. Electronic address: wolfeb@bc.edu.
authors.forename: Barbara E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Wolfe
authors.affiliation: Boston College Wm. F. Connell School of Nursing, Maloney Hall, 140 Commonwealth Avenue, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, USA.
authors.forename: Julie P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Dunne
authors.affiliation: Boston College Wm. F. Connell School of Nursing, Maloney Hall, 140 Commonwealth Avenue, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, USA.
authors.forename: Meredith R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Kells
mesh_terms: D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000451:nursing*; D002032:Bulimia / Q000451:nursing*; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D009752:Nutritional Status; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration; D012720:Severity of Illness Index
keywords: Anorexia nervosa; Binge eating disorder; Bulimia nervosa; Eating disorders; Hospitalization; Inpatient; Nursing care; Nursing diagnoses