lp 13 vocab-enteral feeding meds

Question 1

Nasogastric tube—

Answer 1

Tube that goes from nose all the way into stomach. This tube is used for getting food into system

Question 2

Blue pigtail-

Answer 2

pigtail drains are used to get fluids out of lungs/abdomen and is inserted into chest.

Question 3

PEG tube—

Answer 3

Tube that goes directly into stomach, through the abdominal. This helps to put food directly into stomach, without having to go from mouth and esophagus first.

Question 4

Intermittent feeding-

Answer 4

Also known as bolus feeding, this feeding is done by feeding around 4-6 times a day. Each feeding period lasts around 15-40 minutes.

Question 5

Continuous feeding

Answer 5

—Feeding that is done through a tube, but the food is constantly being administered at a content rate every day.

Question 6

Aspirate—

Answer 6

means to suck into body. This is used in feeding by the patient sucking food into their body

Question 7

Dumping Syndrome—

Answer 7

Syndrome where after eating food, the gastric system works faster than it should work, causing food to move into intestines faster than it usually should

Question 8

Dysphagia

Answer 8

—difficulty swallowing

Question 9

Enteral nutrition—

Answer 9

General term used for tube feeding. This is just when food goes straight from food into digestive system

Question 10

Jejunostomy—

Answer 10

Procedure where they open the jejunum, so they can get food direly into the small intestine

Question 11

NPO—

Answer 11

nothing by mouth

Question 12

Gastric pH—

Answer 12

The acidity level inside of the stomach. This level should eb around 1.5-2

Question 13

Gastrostomy tube

Answer 13

—Tube that goes directly into stomach. This is used for feeding food t patient direct into stomach

Question 14

Residual volume-

Answer 14

After maximum expiration from patient, the amount of air that remains in lungs

Question 15

Refeeding syndrome

Answer 15

—When the patient goes through a time where they dint eat very much or at all, you have to reintroduce food slowly until they get back to normal levels. If introduce too fast then refeeding syndrome happens, which could cause death

Question 16

Gravity—

Answer 16

Downward force exerted onto the earth/body. This can be used in treatments where gravity will push fluids/foods into body