ADULT ENTERAL NUTRITION SUPPORT: MNT QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS [ GRADED A+]

ADULT ENTERAL NUTRITION SUPPORT:

MNT QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED

ANSWERS [ GRADED A+]




When determining nutrition support, what should your first choice be?

- ✔✔oral diet


When determining nutrition support, what should your second choice

be? - ✔✔enteral nutrition


When determining nutrition support, what should your third choice be?

- ✔✔parenteral nutrition

, what is the definition of enteral nutrition? - ✔✔providing nutrition via a

feeding tube when a patient is unable to consume enough nutrients

from oral diet +/- oral supplements

*used for patients who have a functioning GI tract


How do you assess a patient who might need enteral nutrition? - ✔✔-

has a functioning GI (but can't oral intake)

- has malnutrition

- has dysphagia (difficulty swallowing)

- has major trauma (or burns or C.I.) and unable to meet metabolic

demands of the illness

How do you diagnose a patient who might need enteral nutrition? -

✔✔- inadequate oral intake


- inadequate enteral nutrition infusion

- swallowing difficulty