Enteral Nutrition
This term refers to the delivery of nutritional formulas through a tube inserted into the gastrointestinal tract.
What is enteral nutrition?
This complication occurs when IV fluid leaks into the surrounding tissue instead of the vein, causing swelling, pain, and potential tissue damage
What is infiltration?
The primary aim of this guide is to promote nutritional health and reduce the risk for chronic diseases in Canada.
What is the Canada Food Guide?
To keep a feeding tube patent, this should be done routinely
What is irrigating or flushing?
This blood type is known as the universal donor because it can be given to patients of any blood type.
What is type O negative?
This serious complication of enteral nutrition involves the inhalation of oropharyngeal or gastric contents into the respiratory tract.
What is aspiration?
This technique should be used for all VAD access and infusion therapy to prevent contamination
What is Aseptic Non-Touch Technique? (ANTT)?
This term describes the misdirection of oropharyngeal secretions or gastric contents into the larynx and lower respiratory tract.
What is aspiration?
This should be marked and documented at the time of radiographic confirmation of correct Nasogastric tube placement.
What is the exit site/length of tube at nares?
These professionals must verify, sign, and document the right blood unit and right patient immediately before administration.
What are Nurses?
This method is recommended to confirm the correct placement of an enteral feeding tube before its initial use
What is X-ray?
The nurse's role in placing this type of device includes maintaining it, administering solutions, and assessing for complications, not insertion
What is a Central Venous Access Device (CVAD)?
This is one of the four principles that help prevent foodborne illness.
What is:
- cook food to the correct temperature
- wash hands and surfaces often
- refrigerate food promptly
- separate raw meats from other foods?
These factors increase a patient’s risk of complications related to feeding tube insertion
What is:
- altered level of consciousness
- abnormal clotting
- impaired gag or cough reflex?
This severe transfusion reaction can occur when an Rh-negative mother transfers Rh antibodies to an Rh-positive fetus.
What is fetal hemolysis?
To reduce the risk of aspiration during enteral feeding, the head-of-bed should be elevated to at least this many degrees.
What is 30 degrees?
Infusion therapy is primarily used to correct or maintain this balance in the body.
What is fluid and electrolyte balance?
Any of these symptoms may indicate dysphagia.
What is:
- difficult or painful chewing or swallowing
- frequent drooling, choking or coughing when swallowing
- a gurgling or wet-sounding voice?
Enteral feeding bags should be changed at least every ___ hours to prevent microbial contamination and ensure patient safety
What is 24?
People with this blood type have anti-B antibodies and can only receive blood from type A or O donors.
What is Type A blood?
This type of connector is recommended for all enteral nutrition sets to improve patient safety
What is an EnFit connector?
IV solutions are categorized into these three types based on their osmolality?
What is Hypotonic, Isotonic and Hypertonic?
This condition, characterized by difficulty swallowing, increases the risk of aspiration in patients
What is dysphagia?
This complication of IV therapy involves inflammation of a vein and can be caused by mechanical or bacterial factors.
What is phlebitis?
This antigen determines a person's Rh type and is the most common antigen considered when matching blood components for transfusion.
What is the D antigen?