NURSING EXAM 2 | 100% CORRECTLY
ANSWERED GRADED A+ | GALEN
What places people at a higher risk for nutritional deficiency? - Correct
Answer - Elderly patients, economic statues, religion, disease, diets,
social factors, environment, mental health issues, dental issues, difficult
swallowing or pain swallowing
What is a full liquid diet? - Correct Answer - Foods liquid at room
temperature or that melt at body temperature
What is a clear liquid diet? - Correct Answer - any liquid you can see
through
What is a pureed diet? - Correct Answer - a modification of the soft diet;
liquid may be added to the food, which is then blended to a semisolid
consistency
What is mechanical soft diet? - Correct Answer - Soft foods that you can
chop up
What are intervention for patient at risk for aspiration? - Correct Answer -
Change diet, sit them up, have suction available
, What is enteral nutrition? - Correct Answer - nutrition goes directly into
the stomach via some devise PEG tube or NGT.
What are NG tubes used for short term or long term? - Correct Answer -
Short term
What are PEG tube used for short term or long term? - Correct Answer -
Long term
What is the most reliable way to check for nasogastric tube placement? -
Correct Answer - X-ray
Enteral feeding tubes are used for working or not working GI? - Correct
Answer - Working GI
Total parenteral nutrition is used for working or not working GI? - Correct
Answer - Not working Gi
Normal levels of Sodium - Correct Answer - 135-145 mEq/L
What systems does sodium affect? - Correct Answer - Brain and muscle
S/S of hyponatremia - Correct Answer - confusion, lethargy, weakness,
muscle cramping, seizures, anorexia, nausea, vomiting, serum
osmolality <290
Treatment of hyponatremia - Correct Answer - administer IV fluid with
NA, eat foods with na, monitor vitals, I&O, labs, admin hypertonic IV
saline solutions as ordered