Exam 15: Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition Support

All of the following conditions raise water requirements except:

Candidates for peripheral parenteral nutrition include clients who:

Describe the ways in which the transition from IV feeding to an oral diet can be accomplished.

To prevent refeeding syndrome in a severely stressed individual you would:

If a patient requires an intestinal feeding and gastric decompression, the nurse understands that the appropriate feeding tube is:

An inborn error of metabolism results in the absence, deficiency, or malfunction of a:

A "12 French" feeding tube has a diameter of:

Which of the following statements regarding transitioning from tube feeding to an oral diet is correct?

Name and discuss five metabolic complications that may result from parenteral feedings.

Insertion of peripherally inserted catheters is less invasive and more easily performed than direct insertion of catheters into central veins.

Matching

Which of the following medical conditions or treatments indicates the need for TPN?

The appropriate method for administering TPN to a critically ill and malnourished patient is:

If a client tolerates a formula after it is initiated, the rate of a continuous feeding should be increased by about 30 milliliters per hour every 8 to 10 hours.

One method of making the transition from an intravenous feeding to an oral diet is to place the client on a tube feeding.

A TPN solution provides 750 mL of a 10% amino acid solution.The nurse calculates that the patient is receiving _____ grams of protein.

All of the following statements describe modular formulas except they:

The nurse realizes that the venous access site selected for a client on PN is based on:

In infants, _____ tube placement may be preferred because it aids breathing.

The economic impact of home nutrition support programs is a concern for people on these programs.