Feeding Skill
This is how many times you wash the patient's hands during the feeding skill.
What is 2?
Sprite, jello, and chicken broth
What is a clear liquid diet?
A patient who has a cardiac history may be ordered this type of diet
What is a low fat or low cholesterol diet?
Unconscious, disease of the digestive tract, persistent vomiting, unable to swallow without aspiration
What are types of patients that require alternative nutrition?
Patients that are on tube feedings still require this routinely.
What is regular oral care?
The CNA does this to prevent aspiration or choking in the patient while feeding them.
What is raise the head up 75 - 90 degrees?
Pickles, olives, and canned soup
What are items you can't have on a low salt diet?
No meat
What is a vegetarian diet?
IV infused nutrition
What is TPN?
Patients can develop this disease if they aspirate.
What is pneumonia?
How the food tray is positioned.
What is placed in between the patient and the CNA so the patient can see what is on the tray?
Splenda, sugar free jello, whole fruit
What are items you can have on a diabetic diet?
A patient that suffers from dyphagia may be ordered this diet.
What is pureed?
What are enteral feedings?
The #1 risk for patients receiving a tube feeding?
What is aspiration?
During opening procedures. (hint- this is a different step compared to other opening procedures for any other skill)
When do you check the patient's name card to their wrist band?
Steak, mashed potatoes and gravy, salad with ranch dressing, coke
What is a regular diet?
A person who cannot swallow thin liquids may require this
What is having their liquids thickened?
Tube that passes from the nose into the stomach
What is an NG tube (nasogastric tube)?
The minimum degrees a patient's head must be elevated if they are receiving a tube feeding.
What is 30 - 45 degrees?
The critical skill in feeding a patient.
What is raise the head up 75 - 90 degrees?
Pudding, coffee with creamer, ice cream
What is a full liquid diet?
No pork, dairy in a certain order
What is a kosher diet?
Tube inserted directly into the stomach
What is a gastrostomy tube?
Tube inserted directly into the jejunum.
What is a jejunostomy tube?