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BN5006 Exam 2: Nutrition and Elimination
Exam Questions With Correct Answers
Poor appetite, loss of taste, chewing/swallowing problems, depression/anxiety, eating
problems, decreased nutrient absorption, poor food access - answer✔Factors affecting intake
in older adults
Malnutrition screening tool. The result provides a score to indicate an individual's level of
malnutrition risk. - answer✔Define MST
Nutrition provided to patients through a feeding device inserted in the GI tract. -
answer✔Define enteral nutrition
Impaired swallowing, oral feeding is not appropriate, inadequate nutritional intake. Used for
patients who are unable to ingest food but able to digest/absorb nutrients. - answer✔State the
indications for enteral nutrition
Nasogastric or nasojejunal tube - answer✔What's the type of enteral feeding used for < 4
weeks
Gastrostomy endoscopically/surgically or percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) -
answer✔What's the type of enteral feeding used for > 4 weeks
- Basilar skull/facial fracture
- Hx of recent face surgery/pituitary resection
- Upper GI surgery or bleeding
- Osophageal stricture (narrowing of esophageal lumen)
- Stent placement
-Deviated nasal septum
- Bowel obstruction - answer✔Contraindications of enteral nutrition
- Positioned in 30-45 degree angle
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- Regular assessment for pulmonary aspiration
- Documentation (input + prog.notes) - answer✔How to manage enteral (PEG) feeding
- Type and size of NG tube
- Date and time of insertion
- Insertion route
- Tube's external length measurement
- Method used to confirm tube placement
- Patient's tolerance of procedure - answer✔What to include in the documentation for PEG
feeding
- Fever
- Fatigue
- Cough
-Difficulty swallowing
- Chest pain
- Profuse sweating
- Bluish skin colour - answer✔Symptoms of aspiration pneumonia
- Abdominal cramps
- Nausea vomiting
- Delayed gastric emptying
- Pulmonary aspiration
- Diarrhoea
- Constipation
- Electrolyte imbalance
- Fluid overload
- Dehydration
- Tube occlusion
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