Nutrition and Hydration Flashcards
What are the basic nutrients essential for the body?
Protein, carbohydrate, fat, vitamins, minerals, and water
Why is protein in your diet? Important.
Protein is essential for tissue growth and repair
What is the primary role of carbohydrates in your body?
It provides fuel for the bodies energy needs
How do fats contribute to a healthy diet?
Fight store energy protects organs and helps with vitamin absorption
What is the role of vitamins in the body?
For body and organ function
What happens to caloric need with age?
Which age it decreases
How does a nurse access nutritional and hydration status?
By evaluating in a patient’s diet fluid intake weight and overall health indicators
What is fluid balance chart used for?
To record a monitor, patient fluid input and output
What is dehydration?
When the body loses more fluid than it takes in
What is malnutrition?
An imbalance between nutritional intake and nutritional requirements
How many Patience admitted to Irish hospitals are affected by malnutrition
More than one and four
What percentage of malnutrition increase a patient’s length of stay in a hospital?
50%
What patient groups are at higher risk of malnutrition?
Older people, cancer patients, surgical patients and gastrointestinal patients
Tree chronic illness that put patients at risk of malnutrition
Cancer renal disease in HIV
How does decreased saliva production affect nutrition?
It makes it difficult to chew and swallow
