I And P Flashcards
What is the body’s preferred energy source
Carbohydrates
Nutrient needed for tissue repair?
Protein
Hypervitaminosis
Is a condition where the body accumulates exxesive levels of vitamins leading to toxidity
Signs and symptoms of dysphagia
Coughing during eating,delayed swallowing, pocketing food abdominal gag reflux
What do include when measuring output?
Urine,diareah,drains, emises
If NPO, what are the alternate ways to maintain nutrition?
Intravenous, g tube, tpm
What is a sphincter?
A circular band of muscle fiber constricting a natural orface
Valsalva
Bear down
Where is nutrients obsorbed?
Small intestine
Sighed and symptoms of fecal impaction
Liquid stool, oozing after several days of no bm. Sweating
Name the stool from an ostomy
Effluent
How to prevent acid reflux
Sit up, dont lye down after eating, avoid trigger food, lay down with head slightly up. Dont eat to soon before bed
3 ways to assist level of consciousness
Speech, pupils, motor response
3 ways to asses pain
Number scale, faces scale, PAINAD
Emesis
Throw up