In performing an assessment on a 49-year-old woman who has imbalanced nutrition as a result of dysphagia, which data would the nurse expect to find?

A) Increase in hair growth
B) Weight 10% to 20% over ideal
C) Sore, inflamed buccal cavity
D) Inadequate nutrient or food intake

Dysphagia, or impaired swallowing, interferes with adequate nutrient or food intake. Since dysphagia, or impaired swallowing, interferes with adequate nutrient intake, the nurse would not expect increased hair growth or being overweight. Sore, inflamed buccal cavity is also not an expected finding for a patient with dysphagia. The correct answer is inadequate nutrient or food intake as difficulty swallowing would make it difficult to get adequate oral nutrition.