Unit 8 - HFN, NMT, Feeding Flashcards
What is NPO?
Nothing per oral
Can not have anything to eat or drink! Sips of water for meds only
What is DAT?
Diet as tolerated
May start with pureed food, and graduate to mashed food
What is a regular diet?
One with no restrictions and then can eat anything.
What are classified as full fluids??
Dairy, all fruit juices, pureed vegetables and refined cereals. Thickend fluids
What are clear fluids?
Fluids that you can see through a glass, water, juice, tea
Note: If you put a paper behind the glass… if you are still able to read it then it is a clear fluid.
What is a soft diet?
Low residue, pureed, mechanical soft.
Considerations for assisting with nutrition of client.
Stimulate appetite
have equipment avail (table, shirt saver, utensils)
Have patient sit upright (no hyperextend neck)
provide adequate time to eat
What are some aspiration precautions?
observe for Dysphagia (difficulty swallowing)
offer small bites (if stroke pt, use unaffected side and check for cheek pocketing)
provide cueing.
observe for fatigue
Pt should remain upright for at least 20-30 mins
What is the function of your head and face?
Protect, support and stabilize the brain
house delicate organs
entrance to the digestive and respiratory system.
cranial and facial bones serve attachment for muscles to move our head and help us chew food
What are the structures of the neck?
Muscles
Sternomastoid, Trapezius
Anterior and posterior “triangles”
Thyroid - metabolism
What is the name and order of the Lymph nodes?
Preauricular Posterior auricular (mastoid) Occipital Submental Submandibular Tonsillar (Jugulodigastric) Superficial cervical Deep cervical (chain) Posterior cervical Supraclavicular
What is lymphatic drainage?
A separate vessel system
Manages interstitial fluid
Part of the immune system
(Absorbs fat from the gut)
Lymphatics run parallel to the venous system, picks up the extra fluids and brings back to heart
What is some subjective date to collect for the head face neck assessment?
Unusual headaches, head injury (LOC?)
Dizziness, Neck pain or limited ROM
Lumps or swelling in lymph nodes or salivary glands?
History of surgery?
Are these new? how do they affect your ADL’s?
What are we inspecting on the Head, face, and neck?
Size, shape, facial structures, symmetry, ROM
Where should the trachea lie?
Midline, if it is shifted or tugging there may be an issue with the heart.
What is something we may notice on inspection of an infants head?
Fontanels - Should be firm and slightly concave, Spaces where the skull hasn’t formed yet, make sure not sunken or depressed as that will indicate dehydration.
At which age is the lymphatics most active?
Children, atrophy’s after puberty.
If you were to auscultate the thyroid, what are you listening for?
Bruit
What are the external nose structures?
Bridge, tip, nares, Ala, vestibule
What are the internal nose structures?
Olfactory region, Superior, Middle and Inferior turbinates, meatus, septum
What are the paranasal sinuses?
Frontal
ethmoid
sphenoid
maxillary