Nutrition & Diets
What is a soft diet?
Placing food on the plate in the manner of a clock will help this type of patient.
What is the visually impaired?
This amount of water is flushed through a feeding tube before the feeding.
What is 30mL?
Before feeding a patient through a feeding tube this should be assessed.
What are bowel sounds?
This diet includes pureed vegetables and ground meat.
What is a mechanical soft diet?
This device may be placed for a patient that is unable to swallow.
What is a feeding tube?
Patient's receiving tube feedings should be in this position.
What is fowler's?
What is bleeding in lower GI tract or a bowel obstruction?
Crackers, processed foods, cheese and canned vegetables are foods to limit in this type of diet.
What is a sodium-restricted diet?
When the digestive system is unable to absorb nutrients, the method of nutrition will be used.
What is total parenteral nutrition?
When irrigating a NG tube the syringe should remain in this position.
What is an upright position?
This is ordered after abdominal surgery to relieve nausea, vomiting and/or abdominal distention.
What is gastrointestinal decompression?
This diet is rich in potassium, magnesium, and calcium and helps reduce blood pressure in many cases.
What is the DASH diet?
Before administering feeds through a gastrostomy or NG tube this must first be done.
What is check placement of tube in stomach?
The best check for a positive NG placement is this.
What is an X-ray?
Proper PPE to be worn when placing an NG tube.
What are gloves, gown, mask and goggles?
Frequent small meals will help a patient with this disorder.
What is Peptic Ulcer Disease (PUD)?
When this amount of residual is aspirated a feeding could be withheld.
What is 50-100mL?
How to determine the length of the NG tube needed to reach the stomach.
What is measuring from tip of nose to earlobe to tip of xiphoid process?
A patient on TPN needs fats administered through this way.
What is a Y-connection or a peripheral IV?