enteral and parenteral nutrion

What would a nurse expect if a patient is recovering from a surgery and cannot eat orally for more than a few days?

• nonoral method of eating

• soft diet

• liquid diet

• decreased salt diet

what body part would we want to make sure is working before doing enteral nutriiton

• veins

• arteries

• gut

• scapula

Answer explanation

appropriate when gut is functioning, maintains gut integrity and function

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-3

select what would we would use enteral nutrion for (why would a patient need enteral nutrition)

• surgery on extremities

• working stomach lining

• malnutrition risk (5+ days of inadequate or reduced oral intake)

• severe dysphagia

• good teeth

nasogastric

• tube is passed through nose to stomach

• tube is passed from nose to dueodenum

• tube is passed through nose to jejunum (small intestine)

nasojejunal

• tube is passed through nose to stomach

• tube is passed from nose to dueodenum

• tube is passed through nose to jejunum (small intestine)

nasoduodenoal

• tube is passed through nose to stomach

• tube is passed from nose to dueodenum

• tube is passed through nose to jejunum (small intestine)

esophagostomy

• tube is surgically inserted in stomach

• tube is surgically inserted into small intestine (PEG)

• tube us surgically inserted into neck and extends to stomach

gastrostomy

• tube is surgically inserted in stomach

• tube is surgically inserted into small intestine (PEG)

• tube us surgically inserted into neck and extends to stomach

jejunostomy

• tube is surgically inserted in stomach

• tube is surgically inserted into small intestine (PEG)

• tube us surgically inserted into neck and extends to stomach

what are the 4 methods of administration for enteral nutrition

• peripheral

• continutous

• intermittent

• bolus

• cyclic