Nutrition

Question 1

Enteral nutrition is provides nutritions for what clients?

Answer 1

Clients who are unable to consume nutrition orally, clients also must have a partially functioning G.I. track.

Question 2

What are indications for internal nutrition?

Answer 2

Dysphagia, mechanical ventilation , chronic history of poor, oral intake, critical illness, head, and neck surgeries, malnutrition with an inadequate intake

Question 3

What are some contradictions of internal nutrition?

Answer 3

Bowel obstruction, G.I. ischemia, paralytic ileus,

Question 4

What is standard formula made out of?

Answer 4

Made from whole proteins fountain foods, such as milk, meat, eggs, or isolated proteins.

Question 5

What is standard formula made out of?

Answer 5

Made from whole proteins fountain foods, such as milk, meat, eggs, or isolated proteins.

Question 6

Standard formulas are intended to be consumed by what type of clients?

Answer 6

Standard formulas are intended to be consumed by client with normal digestion and absorption

Question 7

What type of clients is hydrolyzed or elemental formulas are intended for?

Answer 7

For clients with impaired digestion or absorption.

Question 8

Hydrolyzed or elemental formulas contain what kind of nutrition?

Answer 8

Contains nutrition that are partially hydrolyzed or completely hydrolyzed. Also contains carbohydrates and fats that take little effort to digest.

Question 9

Transanal tubes are used for What duration of feeding?

Answer 9

Short duration usually less than 30 days

Question 10

What is the most common type of trans nasal tubes?

Answer 10

Nasal gastric tube is the most common.
A nasal gastric tube is a feeding tube into the stomach the esophagus

Question 11

What type of duration is expected for a ostomy feeding?

Answer 11

Feedings are preferred for permanent or long-term feedings. More than 30 days.

Question 12

What is a ostomy feeding?

Answer 12

Osteoma feeding is a surgically created in the stomach to deliver direct feeding

Question 13

What are the advantages of a ostomy?

Answer 13

Lower risk of aspiration, can be hidden under the clothes and eliminate irritation to the mucous membranes

Question 14

What are the disadvantage of an ostomy?

Answer 14

Placed by a physician or surgeon and there is a risk of infection at the insertion site

Question 15

What is bolus feeding and what are the downsides?

Answer 15

Bullis feedings is a variation of intermittent feeding that uses large volumes of formula delivered very quickly. The downsides of bolus feeding is it’s more likely to cause symptoms of G.I. intolerance such as nausea vomiting in abdominal pain.

Question 16

What is continuous infusions used for?

Answer 16

Continues infusion is feeding a patient through a concert rate over 16 to 24 hour

Question 17

When is continuous infusion used?

Answer 17

Continuous infusion is used for hospitalized, clients, critically, ill risk for Gastroephageal, history of aspiration, ammonia

Question 18

What is cyclic feeding?

Answer 18

Cyclic feeding is formula that is administered at a continuous rate over 8 to 20 hours often during sleeping hours
Cyclic feeding is often tolerated more than continuous feeding because there brakes from feeding

Question 19

What is an open feeding system?

Answer 19

Formula is poured into the feeding and safely hangs for 8 to 12 hours to feed the client

Question 20

What is a closed feeding system?

Answer 20

A close feeding system is closed sterile prefilled container of formula that is spiked into the feeding tube and hang for 24 to 40 hours.

Question 21

What are some potential metabolic complications?

Answer 21

Dehydration, hypoglycemia, electrolyte, imbalance, fluid overload, and rapid weight gain

Question 22

What is parenteral nutrition?

Answer 22

A method of providing nutrition to a patient through a vein when they’re unable to eat or drink orally