Medical-Surgical Nursing Gastrointestinal System 2023 A+

Balanced diet - This is the optimal goal for nutrition Carbohydrates Fats Proteins Vitamins Minerals - These are essential nutritional components Stomach Small intestine - Digestion and absorption occur in these GI organs Large intestine Colon - Elimination occurs in these GI organs Enteral Parenteral - These are types of routes for nutrition PO Tube/Catheter Stoma - These are types of enteral routes Facial or head trauma Critical illness - These are indications for not using PO as an enteral route Nutritional imbalance Re-feeding syndrome Skin irritation - Complications of enteral nutrition Check with doctor's orders - To prevent nutritional imbalance in enteral nutrition, this should be done Diarrhea Dehydration Glucose intolerance - These complications can occur due to nutritional imbalances Stoma - Skin irritation may occur especially through this enteral route Barrier creams Zinc - This should be checked for skin irritation on a stoma Prevent aspiration Prevent tube dislodgenent - These are the nurse's goals for enteral nutrition Prevent aspiration - This is the number one goal of enteral nutrition HOB should be 30-45 degrees Check residual - This should be done to prevent aspiration Have the tube marked to know the exit site - This is how to prevent tube dislodgment in enteral feedings Parenteral nutrition - This is the administration of a nutrient by a route other than the GI tract IV IM - Routes for parenteral nutrition Chronic or intractable vomiting and diarrhea Complicated surgery or trauma GI obstruction Severe malnutrition - Indications for parenteral nutrition To meet nutritional needs Allow the growth of new body tissue - These are the goals of parenteral nutrition Meet the nutritional needs - This is the first goal of parenteral nutrition Base solution Added Separate - This is the composition mixture of parenteral nutrition Pharmacologist - The composition of parenteral nutrition is mixed by this person Dextrose Proteins - These are used in the base solution of parenteral nutrition Keep blood glucose up - Dextrose in parenteral nutrition helps with this 12-24 hours - TPN is able to hang for this long Hang a bag of D5W (or other dextrose solutions depending on the situation) - This should be done when TPN runs out Albumin levels - This should be monitored when giving proteins in parenteral nutrition Yellow - Proteins look this color in parenteral nutrition Electrolytes...