Nutrition & Bowel Elimination Flashcards
(85 cards)
Nutrition is important for
Fighting disease, Preventing injury, Strength for performing ADL’s
Suppressed appetite - for example,
espiratory or sinus infections can reduce sense of taste and smell
Liver disease, GI problems and certain medications can also cause
anorexia (loss of appetite)
Impaired swallowing. Damage to cranial nerves, such as occurs in patients with stroke (CVA) often results in
dysphagia
Swollen passages in the throat, for example with tonsillitis, also cause
dysphagia
inhaling foreign material into the airways. Usually results in pneumonia and increases morbidity, mortality, and length of stay in the hospital
Aspiration
nectar
medium thickness
honey
high thickness
pudding
highest thickness
Prescriptions for these various levels of thickness are written by________________ - they are the “swallowing experts.”
Speech Language Pathologists (SLP)
Patients at risk for aspiration should be in _________________ when eating.
high Fowler’s position
the food should be placed in the unaffected side of the mouth for chewing for what patient
If the patient has hemiplegia
Some diseases, for example ___________, raise the metabolic rate to such a degree that ingesting sufficient “fuel” becomes difficult.
hyperthyroidism
will eat eggs and milk/milk products
Ovolactovegetarians
will eat milk/milk products, but not eggs
Lactovegetarians
will eat NO animal products.
Vegans
whre most all nutrients are absorbed
small intestines
1 kg=
1 liter of fluid
significant weight changes (over a period of a day or two) are much more likely to be due to
fluid retention or loss
nursing problem examples
impaired GI function, nutritionally compromised, non-adherence, fluid and electrolyte imbalance
calculating the number of milliliters (mL) taken in and the number of mL excreted out or removed from the body.
Intake and Output (I&O)
means “nothing by mouth.”
NPO
liquids that are thin and have no solid particles AT BODY TEMPERATURE. For example, fat-free broth/bouillon, coffee, tea, carbonated beverages, clear fruit juices, gelatin, fruit ices, popsicles
Clear liquid
Same as clear liquid, with addition of smooth-textured diary products, strained or blended cream soup, custards, refined cooked cereals, vegetable juice, pureed vegetables, all fruit juices, sherbets, puddings, frozen yogurt.
Full liquid
