Unit 4 Flashcards
About how long does the entire digestion process take place?
36 hours
The processes involved in ingestion, digestion, absorption, and use of the food and fluid in the body.
Nutrition
The substance (food or fluid) that is ingested, digested, absorbed, and used by the body.
Nutrient
On average, how many mLs of water does a person need in a day?
2000-2500 mL/day
A food guidance system that encourages smart and healthy food choices and daily recommended activity
My Plate
The loss of appetite
Anorexia
Why can residents lose their appetite?
Medications, illness, pain, depression, odors, unpleasant sights, need to use the bathroom, or they are uncomfortable.
Difficulty swallowing
Dysphagia
Which diet is often used with residents who have kidney disease?
A low-protein diet
Residents are seated around a horseshoe table and one CNA feeds all the residents at that table.
Assisted dining
Giving nutrients in the GI tract through a feeding tube
Enteral nutrition
A tube inserted through the nose down the throat to the stomach for feeding
Nasogastric tube
A tube inserted through a surgically created opening into the stomach for feeding
Gastrostomy
A tube inserted through a surgically created opening into the small intestine
Jejunostromy
A condition in which tissues fill with water
Edema
