Tubes
The minimum bed angle for somebody receiving a tube feeding
What is 30 degrees?
3 times
What is the amount of times you can administer an enema?
Low fiber, easily digested
What is soft diet?
Used for relieving pressure in the stomach
What is decompression?
Black, Tarry, and Fowl smelling
What are the characteristics of stool containing digested blood?
Nose, Ear, Xiphoid process
What is the measurement for placement of an N/G tube?
Milk of molasses
What is a type of cleansing enema?
What are conditions requiring a low sodium diet?
Nutrition administered via IV
What is TPN(Total Parenteral Nutrition)?
COCA
What is the acronym for output characteristics?
Gastric trauma, tumors, facial trauma or gastric surgery
What are contraindications for N/G tube placement?
30 Minutes
What is the optimal time for holding a retention enema?
Irritable bowel syndrome and colon conditions
What are conditions requiring a high fiber diet?
Surgically created opening on the body
What is an -ostomy?
When bag is half full
What is the frequency for emptying a colostomy bag?
No appetite, refusal to eat, unable to chew or swallow
What are indications for a tube feeding?
Fecal impaction
What needs to be removed prior to enema administration?
Peptic ulcer disease
What is a condition requiring a bland diet?
Difficulty swallowing
What is dysphasia?
Green emesis
What is bile?
Tube with reflux vent
What is the Salem-sump tube?
Recent rectal surgery, prolapse, hemorrhage
What are contraindications for the administration of an enema?
What is the proper order for advancing a diet?
The forceful expulsion of one's stomach content through the mouth and sometimes the nose
What is emesis?
1-3 days
What is considered normal stool pattern?