What is an appropriate nutrition goal in the early care of burn patients?
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Correct answer: Establishing positive nitrogen balance and meeting energy needs
Early nutrition goals are to establish positive nitrogen balance and meet energy needs to promote wound healing and minimize lean body mass loss.
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