Topic A: Screening and Assessment Flashcards
The Nutrition Screen process happens before
ADIME
The use of preliminary nutrition assessment technique is used to identify
People who are malnourished, or who at risk for malnourishment
Who can participate in the nutrition screening process
All health care members (not part of the four step)
During the nutrition screening you want to review
client history, lab results, weight, physical signs
From these seven screening tools which focus on older adults
- SGA Subjective Global Assessment
- MNA Mini Nutritional Assessment
- NSI Nutrition Screening Innitiative
- GNRI Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index
- MST Malnutrition Screening Tool
- NRS Nutrition Risk Screening
- MUST Malnutrion Risk Screening
- MNA
- NSI
- GNRI
Which nutrtion assessement looks at history, intake, GI symptoms capacity, and physical appearance, edema, weight change & primary diagnosis
SGA
MNA evaluates independence, medications, number of full meals consumed each day, and ____
65 years or older
protein intake, fruits and vegetables, fluid, mode of feeding
Focus on older adults
GNRI looks at what 2 things
serum albumin, weight changes
under the age of 70
NRS includes three things:
% weight loss, BMI, and intake
used at medical-surgical hospitilized
Which screening tool looks at BMI, unintentional weight loss, effect of acute disease on intake for more than 5 days
MUST
Part A in ADIME
Dietary intake assessement, analysis includes
Nutritional status is dependent on info gathered on pt’s dietary habits
- diet history
- food record
- 24 hr recall
- food frequency lists
Diet history
Patterns of eating. Do not ask leading questions
Food Record is a food diary or
Kept by patient
record of everything eaten in a specific period of time
24 hr recall
Quick tool
Mental recall of everything eaten in 24 hours. Underreporting and overreporting are concerns
Clinical setting
Produces the best info when RD is involved
Food frequency lists
Quick way to determine intakes on large numbers of people
How often an item is consumed. Community setting.
Can be done without RD
A in ADIME
3 Assessment components
Review, cluster, and identify
If an outpatient would like to take Vit C supplements you should:
Ask her to keep a food diary to see where she is lacking
How can you increase Ca in a Hispanic woman
ex of food
pinto beans
Arm muscle area is useful in identifying
AMA
We want 80% or more
potential nutrition protein malnutrition
measures skeletal muscle mass (somatic protein)
How do calculate AMA
will be the same for somatic protien
use TSF and MAC (midarm circumference)
male 25.3cm; female 23.2 cm
Is AMA important to meausre in growing children
Yes
in child we use upper arm muscle area
A in ADIME
NFPE
Nutrition focused physical exam includes inspection, palpatation, and asulation
NFPE
Inspection includes visual assessment using ____
and hearing to observe_____
inspection= seeing
- sight, sense of smell
- textures, sizes, colors, shapes, and sounds
NFPE
The information from the Inspection tells you
obesity (fat stores), cachexia, fluid status, skin integrity, wound healing, feeding devices, jaundice, ascites
NFPE
Hair appears-thin, sparse, dull dry brittle
easily pluckable
what deficiency
vitamin C or protein deficiency
Eyes appear- pale, dry, poor vision
Consider vitamin A, zinc or riboflavin deficiencies
Lips appear- swollen, red, dry, cracked
Consider riboflavin, pyridoxine, niacin deficiencies
Tongue appears smooth, slick, purple, white coating
Consider vitamin or iron deficiencies
Gums appear sore, red, swollen, bleeding
Consider Vit C def