module 6 - Nutrition

Question 1

digestion

Answer 1

begins in the mouth and ends in the small and large intestine

Question 2

absorption

Answer 2

intestine the primary site for absorption

Question 3

metabolism and storage of nutrients

Answer 3

anabolic and catabolic reactions

Question 4

elimination

Answer 4

chyme moved through peristalsis into the large intestines and turned into feces

Question 5

carbohydrates

Answer 5

main source of energy, saccharides

Question 6

proteins

Answer 6

amino acids, essential for growth, maintenance and repair of body tissue, complete and complementary proteins

Question 7

fats (lipids)

Answer 7

triglycerides and fatty acids, saturated or unsaturated, trans fatty acid and cholesterol

Question 8

water

Answer 8

composes 60-70% of body weight, cell function depends on a fluid environment

Question 9

vitamins

Answer 9

essential to normal metabolism, fat-soluble: vit A ,D, E and K , water-soluble: vitamins C and B complex

Question 10

acute care

Answer 10

advancing diets, promoting appetite, assisting patients with feeding, enteral tube feeding, parenteral nutrition

Question 11

restorative care

Answer 11

medical nutrition therapy for specific illnesses, conditions or injuries

Question 12

enteral tube feeding

Answer 12

• nasogastric, jejunal, gastric tube
• insertion and verification of placement
• types and preparation of formulas
• preventing complications

Question 13

parenteral nutrition

Answer 13

• administered to patients who are unable to digest or absorb enteral nutrition
• peripheral or through a central line
• initiating parenteral nutrition
• preventing complications

Question 14

basal metabolic rate (bmr)

Answer 14

the energy requirement of a person at rest

Question 15

dysphagia

Answer 15

difficulty swallowing

Question 16

During feeding if the patient has Hemiplegia (one-sided weakness) what do you do

Answer 16

the head should be tilted slightly toward the stronger side to avoid pouching and small bites of food placed on the stronger side of the patients mouth