Principles Of Nutrition

Question 1

give the 4 roles of nurses in nutrition

Answer 1

✅Screening in-patient to determine the level of risk.
✅Liaison between the dietitian and physician as well with other members of health care team.
✅Nutrition resource when dietitians are not available.
✅Basic nutrition counseling in hospitalized clients low to mid risk.

Question 2

give 4 roles of dietitian

Answer 2

Obtaining history and usual diet prior admission. o ➜Difficulty chewing, swallowing or
self-feeding; chief complaint; medications, and living situations.
✅ Nutrition history –– current habits, changes in appetite, food allergies and intolerance, cultural or religious diet. Calculate protein and protein requirements based on data.
✅Nutrition interventions –– diet order change, requesting laboratory test, performing nutrition counseling or education.
✅Determine nutritional diagnosis

Question 3

describe malnutrition

Answer 3

Deficiencies, excess or imbalances in intake of energy and/or nutrients.

Question 4

causes of malnutrition

Answer 4

Causes:
❌Lack of safe drinking water and access to safe drinking water
❌Poor sanitation
❌Dangerous practices

Question 5

3 kinds of malnutrion

Answer 5

Underweight
Micronutrient related malnutrition
overnutrition

Question 6

3 kinds of underweight

Answer 6

wasting
stunted
underweight

Question 7

height is appropriate but have low weight.

Answer 7

wasting

Question 8

height is small for age

Answer 8

Stunted

Question 9

low weight for age

Answer 9

underweight

Question 10

2. anemia

Hypovitaminosis and hypervitaminosis

Answer 10

Micronutrient related malnutrition

Question 11

what causes rickets? why is this vitamin essential?

Answer 11

vitamin D deficiency

Vitamin D –– essential for body to absorb calcium and phosphorus.

Question 12

if rickets is left untreated?

Answer 12

causes spine malformation.

Question 13

what happens when you have vitamin c insufficiency?

Answer 13

Scurvy

Question 14

uses and dosage recommendation for ascorbic acid

Answer 14

helps immune system and collagen (connective tissue of the skin) for tightening;
10 mm/day.

Question 15

manifestation of scurvy

Answer 15

gingivitis,severe anemia, body malaise,

goiter –– can be either related to iodine deficiency or hyperthyroidism.

Question 16

At risk: diabetes mellitus, hypertension, atherosclerosis, cancer, stroke

Answer 16

Overnutrition

Question 17

Diet related; non-communicable

Overweight or obese

Answer 17

3.Overnutrition

Question 18

B.NUTRITIONAL SCREENING

Answer 18

o Significant weight loss 
o Diagnosis 
o Change in appetite 
o Difficulty eating 
o Bowel habits 
o Use of enteral or parenteral nutrition (thru tubes)
o Height
o  Diet
o Nausea / Vomiting
o Weight
o Albumin, Hematocrit

Question 19

accumulation of fluid in peritoneal cavity. and its Therapeutic management

Answer 19

ascites and draining

Question 20

constant nausea of pregnant women, which lead to dehydration.

Answer 20

Hyperemesis gravidarum

Question 21

Appropriate weight gain of pregnant women: and if more than that what occurs?

Answer 21

25 – 35 lbs. gestational diabetes

Question 22

1st trimester weight gain should be?

Answer 22

1 lbs/month

for fetal development

Question 23

2nd to 3rd trimester weight gain should be?

Answer 23

4 lbs/month.

Question 24

produced by the liver; carries hormones and enzymes necessary for metabolic processes; keeps the fluid in the blood stream to prevent from leaking; modulates oncotic plasma pressure (pressure inside the cell); protein binder

Answer 24

Albumin

Question 25

Focus

Answer 25

moderate-high risk with suspected or confirmed protein-energy malnutrition.

Question 26

4 nursing data to get

Answer 26

assessment
biochemical data
clinical data
dietary data

Question 27

5 components of biochemical data

Answer 27

anthropometric
biochemical data
clinical data 
dietary data
medical and psychosocial history

Question 28

bmi value: underweight

Answer 28

<18.5

Question 29

bmi value: healthy weight

Answer 29

18.5 - 24. 9

Question 30

bmi value: over weight

Answer 30

25-29.9

Question 31

bmi value: obesity class 1

Answer 31

30-34.9

Question 32

bmi value: obesity class 2

Answer 32

35-39.9

Question 33

bmi value: obesity class 3

Answer 33

> 40