Exam 20: Enteral Nutrition Support
Exam 1: An Overview of Nutrition90 Questions
Exam 2: Planning a Healthy Diet90 Questions
Exam 3: Digestion, Absorption, and Transport110 Questions
Exam 4: The Carbohydrates: Sugar, Starches, and Fibers90 Questions
Exam 5: The Lipids: Triglycerides, Phospholipids, and Sterols90 Questions
Exam 6: Protein: Amino Acids90 Questions
Exam 7: Energy Metabolism90 Questions
Exam 8: Energy Balance and Body Composition90 Questions
Exam 9: Weight Management: Overweight, Obesity, and Underweight90 Questions
Exam 10: The Water-Soluble Vitamins: B Vitamins and Vitamin C90 Questions
Exam 11: The Fat-Soluble Vitamins: A, D, E, and K91 Questions
Exam 12: Water and the Major Minerals91 Questions
Exam 13: The Trace Minerals90 Questions
Exam 14: Life Cycle Nutrition: Pregnancy and Lactation90 Questions
Exam 15: Life Cycle Nutrition: Infancy, Childhood, and Adolescence90 Questions
Exam 16: Life Cycle Nutrition: Adulthood and the Later Years90 Questions
Exam 17: Nutrition Care and Assessment90 Questions
Exam 18: Nutrition Intervention90 Questions
Exam 19: Medications, Diet-Drug Interactions, and Herbal Products90 Questions
Exam 20: Enteral Nutrition Support90 Questions
Exam 21: Parenteral Nutrition Support90 Questions
Exam 22: Metabolic and Respiratory Stress90 Questions
Exam 23: Upper Gastrointestinal Disorders90 Questions
Exam 24: Lower Gastrointestinal Disorders90 Questions
Exam 25: Liver Disease and Gallstones90 Questions
Exam 26: Diabetes Mellitus90 Questions
Exam 27: Cardiovascular Diseases90 Questions
Exam 28: Kidney Diseases90 Questions
Exam 29: Cancer and Hiv Infection90 Questions
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Mr. Simpson is receiving formula intermittently six times a day. He needs 1500 mL every 24 hours. How many milliliters of formula is Mr. Simpson receiving at each feeding?
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Most enteral formulas have energy density of ____ kcalories per milliliter of fluid.
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Maureen Grey is a 75-year-old nursing home patient. She has been obtaining her nutrition via tube feeding for over three years. She is admitted to Good Valley Hospital with a diagnosis of dehydration with weight loss (8 pounds)in one month. Which type of tube feeding does Maureen most likely have?
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A health care provider is preparing to administer a tube feeding to a patient with a nasogastric tube. To best reduce the risk of formula contamination, the caregiver should perform which step first?
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If a patient is going to be tube fed for longer than ____, a gastrostomy or jejunostomy may be necessary.
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Tom is a 15-year-old who is eating some but must also receive enteral feedings for malnutrition associated with Crohn's disease. To help Tom carry on normal activities, the health care team might try ____.
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Match each word or phrase with the most appropriate definition or explanation.
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dietary formulas that contain only one or two macronutrients
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isotonic formula
galactosemia
phenylketonuria
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Kristina is a 4-year-old with galactosemia. Her caregivers must ensure adequate intake of ____.
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A patient who does not tolerate a bolus feeding would most likely develop what symptoms?
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Match each word or phrase with the most appropriate definition or explanation.
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an opening into the GI tract through which a feeding tube can be passed
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continuous feeding
isotonic formula
inborn error of metabolism
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A respiratory secretion sample typically has a pH of ____.
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To reduce the risk of aspiration, the patient's upper body is elevated to a ____ degree angle during the feeding.
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Match each word or phrase with the most appropriate definition or explanation.
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feeding tube inserted through the nose
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transnasal
elemental formulas
isotonic formula
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Eighty-year-old Antonio Hernandez has a past medical history of hypertension, elevated cholesterol, and diabetes. He suffers a massive stroke and is stabilized in the CCU (coronary care unit). It is determined that it is unsafe to feed him orally and a tube feeding will be started immediately. Which feeding route would be the most appropriate for Antonio?
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Mr. Heiman has suffered a stroke and now has dysphagia (difficulty swallowing). He is 5'8" and weighs 127 pounds. The most appropriate method of nutrition support for him would be ____.
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Why are bolus feedings used only in patients who are not critically ill?
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Maureen Grey is a 75-year-old nursing home patient. She has been obtaining her nutrition via tube feeding for over three years. She is admitted to Good Valley Hospital with a diagnosis of dehydration with weight loss (8 pounds)in one month. While reviewing the nursing home's medical record, the nurse discovers that Maureen's weight loss can be linked to the addition of phenytoin, a medication that requires the tube feeding to be ____.
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Match each word or phrase with the most appropriate definition or explanation.
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delivery of about 250 - 500 mL of formula in less than 15 minutes
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galactosemia
parenteral nutrition
hypertonic formula
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A nurse determines that his patient's jejunostomy tube is clogged. What is a possible cause?
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