Compare and contrast the symptoms of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa.   Anorexia and bulimia are types of eating disorders. They may have similar symptoms for instance body image but normally have different food related characteristics. For instance, individuals having anorexia tend to minimize their food consumption to lose weight. On the other hand, individuals having bulimia tend to increase their food consumption to gain weight. Unlike bulimia, physical symptoms of Anorexia may be severe and life threatening to the victims.   What role does media/or society plays in the development of these disorders?   The media has been negatively impacting eating disorders with how the media platforms uses their adverts, shows, programs, etc. To put many people at a higher disordered eating risk making anyone to feel dissatisfied about their body appearances, hence lowering their self-esteem. Conducted research shows that many girls who see photographs in the fashion magazines have a higher probability of finding means to lose weight because of the influence of an article (Feldman, Runfola & Lock, 2018). Concerns about losing weight matters and dieting and the desires to look like other prominent people may be used to indicate the rise in eating disorders risks. Although it is hard to avoid the influence of media with the current technology, media education can offer the necessary tools of evaluating and questioning the information received and in mitigating the negative effects (Marshall, G. W., Moncrief, Rudd & Lee, 2012).           What are some important nursing considerations regarding the treatment of a client with eating disorders during inpatient hospitalization?    Treating eating disorders patients’ needs proper medical evaluation and care. Treatment options should include inpatient hospitalization, day program and outpatient medical care. Nurses should consider educating the patients of eating disorders to avoid the stigma they may experience due to their appearances. They should educate the patients also on knowledge of the disorders, thinness idealization, body dissatisfaction, dieting, BMI, etc. .

1. Compare and contrast the symptoms of anorexia nervosa and
bulimia nervosa.
Anorexia and bulimia are types of eating disorders. They may
have similar symptoms for instance body image but normally
have different food related characteristics. For instance,
individuals having anorexia tend to minimize their food
consumption to lose weight. On the other hand, individuals
having bulimia tend to increase their food consumption to gain
weight. Unlike bulimia, physical symptoms of Anorexia may be
severe and life threatening to the victims.
What role does media/or society plays in the development of
these disorders?
The media has been negatively impacting eating disorders with
how the media platforms uses their adverts, shows, programs,
etc. To put many people at a higher disordered eating risk
making anyone to feel dissatisfied about their body
appearances, hence lowering their self-esteem. Conducted
research shows that many girls who see photographs in the
fashion magazines have a higher probability of finding means to
lose weight because of the influence of an article (Feldman,
Runfola & Lock, 2018). Concerns about losing weight matters
and dieting and the desires to look like other prominent people
may be used to indicate the rise in eating disorders risks.
Although it is hard to avoid the influence of media with the
current technology, media education can offer the necessary
tools of evaluating and questioning the information received
and in mitigating the negative effects (Marshall, G. W.,
Moncrief, Rudd & Lee, 2012).
What are some important nursing considerations

2. regarding the treatment of a client with eating disorders during
inpatient hospitalization?
Treating eating disorders patients’ needs proper medical
evaluation and care. Treatment options should include inpatient
hospitalization, day program and outpatient medical care.
Nurses should consider educating the patients of eating
disorders to avoid the stigma they may experience due to their
appearances. They should educate the patients also on
knowledge of the disorders, thinness idealization, body
dissatisfaction, dieting, BMI, etc.