Nutrients requirements are different because of muscle mass and reproductive function.
What is Gender?
100
In practice, includes overnutrition or under nutrition.
What is malnutrition?
100
100 lb + 5 lb for additional inch over 5 feet.
What is IBW (ideal body weight) for females?
100
This diet is limited to broths, water, teas, coffee or other carbonated beverages and clear juices; provides fluids and carbohydrates only; short-term use only.
What is a clear liquid diet?
100
The daily intake level of a nutrient that is considered to be sufficient to meet the requirements of healthy individuals
What is RDA (Recommended Daily Allowance)
200
Often determines food preferences or traditional foods.
What is ethnicity and culture?
200
When the BMI or Body Mass Index, is between 25 and 29.9 kg/ m2
What is the definition of an overweight person?
200
In a lab test, the normal range is 23-43 mg/dL.
What is Prealbumin?
200
This diet is easily chewed and digested due to it being chopped, pureed, or softened.
What is a mechanically altered diet?
200
The biggest risk associated with this is pulmonary aspiration.
What is enteral nutrition?
300
Infancy, adolescents, adults, or geriatric patients requre adjustments in needs for nutrients.
What is the patient's developmental stage?
300
When the BMI or Body Mass Index, is greater than 30 kg/m2
What is the definition of obesity?
300
It is important that the nurse hears functioning bowel sounds during assessment of this nutrition.
What is enteral nutrition?
300
Translates as "Nothing per Ossa"; used as a pre-op order or to rest the gut.
What is the NPO diet order?
300
The energy required to carry on the involuntary activities of the body at rest.
What is Basal Metabolism?
400
The effects can vary considerably and may alter appetite, disturb taste perception, or interfere with absorption or excretion of nutrients.
What is Medication affects on nutrition?
400
Refers to an intake of insufficient calories/nutrients to meet daily energy requirements due to inadequate food intake.
What is undernutrition?
400
The nurse is looking for this when assessing hair, gums, skin, muscles, and general vitality.
What are signs and symptoms of altered nutrition?
400
This diet has four levels of liquids: thin, nectar-thick, honey-thick, and pudding or spoon-thick and four levels of food consistencies?
What is the Dysphagia diet?
400
The recommended daily intake of protein.
What is 0.8 protein/kg of desirable body weight?
500
Overeating, or consuming too few calories due to stress, depression, or lonliness.
What is the psychological factors affecting nutrition?
500
Lack of these can cause a decreased metabolism of carbohydrates, proteins, and fats.
What are vitamins?
500
Skinfold measurement, mid-arm circumference, and mid-arm muscle area change slowly and reflect chronic rather than acute changes in nutritional status.
What is anthropometric measurements?
500
This diet contains only liquids or foods that turn to liquid at body temperature.
What is the Full Liquid diet?
500
These are the methods for determining nasogastric tube placement prior to administrating a medication via tube.
What is an air bolus, aspiration of gastric fluids, and pH test?