Clinical Nutrition II Exam 1 Content Review questions with correct answers

What is enteral nutrition? CORRECT ANSWER provision of nutrients into GI tract through tube or catheter when oral intake is inadequate (may include formulas as oral supplements or meal replacements) Small bowel motility returns before gastric or colonic motility; allows early enteral feeding What is parenteral nutrition? CORRECT ANSWER provision of nutrients intravenously (when digestive tract is not working) Reserved for nonfunctional or severely diminished small bowel Describe re-feeding syndrome CORRECT ANSWER Metabolic alterations that occur during nutritional repletion of starved patients When the body switches from using ketones to glucose it requires high levels of magnesium, phosphorus and potassium Who should not use bolus or intermittent enteral feedings? CORRECT ANSWER Patients with aspiration risk Name 5 things that should be monitored for a hospitalized patient receiving enteral nutrition CORRECT ANSWER weight (3x a week) edema Fluid intake/output