NUR 2206 Nutrition Elimination

NUR 2206 Nutrition & Elimination

• Nutrition

Answer How the body uses the food we eat

• Nutrients

Answer

• Organic and inorganic biochemicals in food
• Essential nutrients not made by body or made in insufficient amounts
• Essential nutrients must be supplied through diet or supplements

• Nutritive Value

Answer Nutrient content in food

• Dysphagia

Answer Difficulty swallowing

• Subjective Nutrition Assessment

Answer

• Diet history
• 24 hour recall
• Usual dietary intake
• Type of diet
• Food preparation
• Food allergies or intolerances
• Eating disorder patterns
• Medications

- PMH/ PSH

• Objective Nutrition Assessment 1 / 2

Answer

• Anthropometric measurements
• Head-to-toe assessment
• Dysphagia
• Lab Values (Hemoglobin/ Hematocrit, Albumin, Pre-albumin, BUN, Creatinine, 24 hour

urine)

• Water accounts for how much of the adult's body weight?

Answer

50-60%

• How much water is intracellular and extracellular?

Answer

• 2/3 intracellular

• 1/3 extracellular

• Gains of Water (Intake)

Answer

• Ingested water
• Ingested food
• Oxidation of food, body tissues
• Parenteral fluids

• Losses of Water (Output)

Answer

• Urine
• Feces
• Respirations
• Perspiration
• Insensible loss (sneezing etc.)

• Objective Hydration Assessment
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