Nutrition Part 1
Receiving the proper nutrition you need for that point in your life
Optimal nutritional status
Protection Perception
Temperature Regulation
Identification Communication
Wound Repair
Absorption and Excretion
Functions of skin
A process used to identify individuals at nutritional risk or with nutritional problems
Nutrition Screening
Term for stretch marks experienced during pregnancy
striae gravidarum
"Tell me everything you had to eat yesterday"
24 hr diet recall
Adipose Tissue
Stores fat, insulates for temperature control
Cushions/Protects
Subcutaneous layer of skin
This tool would identify the frequency a patient consumes a specific item in a a week's time
Food frequency questionnaire
Dark line that appears on the abdomen of some pregnant patients
Linea nigra
The best tool for assessing a patient's dietary habits.
3 day food diary
This patient population has lanugo and is at risk of fluid loss and poor thermal regulation.
Infants
Bad cholesterol
LDL
Which people group is most likely to experience aggressive skin cancer?
Caucasian
Measurement of 28 indicates being overweight
BMI
ABCDE
mnemonic for mole assessment
Results of this test would be helpful in knowing how a patient has been controlling diabetes at home
Hemoglobin A1C
When assessing darker skinned individuals where could you look to gather information about color changes?
Buccal mucosa/tongue, conjunctiva/sclera
Culture, Religion, Financial Resources, Access to Food Supply
Factors that affect nutrition
Change in angle of nailbed due to chronic hypoxia
clubbing
Dry flaky, skin
Dull eyes
Cracked, chapped lips
Signs of malnutrition
Another term for poor skin turgor
tenting