Bulimia Nervosa
These people often are the first to recognize bulimia nervosa due to the damage that recurrent vomiting does to teeth.
What are dentists?
The root issue/motivator for anorexia nervosa.
What is control?
People over age 35, more often in men. Individuals are more likely to be overweight or obese.
What is binge eating disorder?
The nurse explains that this can be most helpful for the patient as a provision for emotional support, love, and attention.
What is the family/friends/social support?
Imbalanced Nutrition. Ineffective Coping. Disturbed body image. Chronic low self-esteem.
What is nursing diagnosis?
When it comes to this behavior in eating disorders, the most important goal is to stop.
What is purging?
Onset of anorexia nervosa.
What is 14-18 years of age?
An obsession with proper or healthful eating.
What is Orthorexia nervosa?
The RN encourages clients to keep a diary of all food eaten throughout the day and notice patterns.
What is self-monitoring?
The RN can also help clients view themselves in terms other than weight, size, shape, and satisfaction with ____. Helping clients to identify areas of personal strength that are not food-related broadens clients’ perceptions of themselves.
What is body image?
Consuming a large amount of food (far greater than most people eat at one time) in a discrete period of 2 hrs or less.
What is binge eating?
As patients receive nutritionally balanced meals this is gradually increased to a normal level for the patient's size, age and activity.
What are calories?
Persistent ingestion of non food substances.
What is Pica?
For inpatient treatment this may be prescribed initially when a client’s health status is severely compromised.
What is total parenteral nutrition or enteral feedings?
This specialized assessment tool is often used in studies of anorexia and bulimia.
What is Eating Attitudes Test?
Purging, fasting, and excessively exercising represent this type of behavior.
What are inappropriate compensatory behaviors?
Fine soft hair on the body.
What is lanugo?
Repeated regurgitation of food that is then rechewed, reswallowed or spit out.
What is Rumination?
RNs do this to help treat imbalanced nutrition to make sure patients are not stashing food, pretending to eat or purging.
What is supervising?
Clients with eating disorders have labile moods that usually correspond to their eating or dieting behaviors. Clients with eating disorders often seem sad, anxious, and worried.
What is mood and affect?
This is the most effective treatment for bulimia.
What is cognitive behavioral therapy?
Restricting or binge eating & purging.
What are the two subtypes of anorexia nervosa?
This is characterized by morning anorexia, evening consuming 50% of daily calories after the last evening meal, and nighttime awakenings to consume snacks.
What is night eating syndrome?
This is when a patient struggles identifying and expressing their feelings. A part of the RNs roll is to help the patient identify their emotions and work through them.
What is alexithymia?
Videbeck, S. (11/1/19). Lippincott CoursePoint for Videbeck's Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing, 8th Edition [VitalSource Bookshelf version]. Retrieved from vbk://9781975157760
What is the reference/citation?