Raising the Bar for Success First Semester :Nutrition Johns Hopkins University (97% correct answers)
Raising the Bar for Success First Semester Johns Hopkins University Nutrition What is the definition of nutrition? • Process by which body ingests, absorbs, transports, uses, and eliminates nutrients and food Understand the nutritional requirements: • during exercise o higher intake necessary due to higher energy expenditure • during illness o clear/full liquid diets, soft, pureed depending on conditions o therapeutic diets: low salt, low fat, calorie reduction, ↑fiber o tube feedings if issues with GI tract • maintaining health o renal, diabetic, cardiac diets • to promote weight loss o varied food groups, lower calorie, fat intake, o exercise What are the psychosocial aspects related to nutrition including cultural, and the corresponding nursing interventions to be considered? • Cultural – dietary preferences or religious restrictions - provide alternatives Name nutritional guidelines and programs, and their purpose. • Healthy People 2020, choose my plate • Provide guidelines for proper nutrition Understand the concept of nitrogen balance related to protein. • Positive nitrogen balance = input of protein output of protein
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