Tubes, tubes, tubes
Tube placed in patient's nose to stomach
What is a nasogastric (NG) tube?
Pain, difficulty chewing, dysphagia, depression
What are factors that can lead to malnutrition (decreased food intake)?
A person with this disease would be on a low-sodium diet
What is hypertension?
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?
Carbohydrates, fats, and protein
What are energy sources for the body?
Correct position for a patient with a feeding tube
What is head elevated 30-45 degrees?
Type of diet for someone who is edentulous (has no teeth)?
What is a mechanical soft diet?
What is protein-calorie malnutrition?
type of diet used for patients with diarrhea or gastroenteritis
What is a Clear Liquid Diet?
More vital to life than food
What is water?
Nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain and distention
What are the signs of intolerance to enteral nutrition?
When the Body Mass Index (BMI) is greater than 30
What is the definition of obesity?
a special diet for a person with colitis, diverticulitis, or irritable bowl syndrome.
What is a low residue diet?
Protein and sodium are restricted; potassium and fluids are often restricted
What is a renal diet?
Replaced the Food Pyramid
What is the MyPlate Food Guide?
This is done before administering an intermittent enteral feeding
What is aspirate to check for residual?
When the BMI is less than 18.5
What is underweight?
A diet that monitors carbohydrate intake closely
What is a diabetic diet?
This patient may require modified consistency liquids: thin, nectar-thick, honey-thick, or pudding-thick
What a patient with dysphagia?
nutrition absorption can be altered due to these
What is alcohol use or medications or supplements?
Tube placed in stomach through abdominal wall
What is a gastrostomy (PEG) tube?
Alternate liquids and solids, check oral cavity for retained food
What are considerations for feeding a patient with dysphagia?
This is the progression of diet for a hospitalized patient who has been NPO
What is clear liquid, full liquid, soft, regular?
Type of diet used before surgery, before certain diagnostic tests, and if patient is comatose
What is nothing by mouth (NPO)?
These are the methods for determining nasogastric tube placement prior to administrating a medication or tube feeding
What is radiography, aspiration of gastric fluids, and pH test?