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FPCC Exam 2 Highlights: NutritionQuestions And Answers With Verified
Solutions Already Passed!!!
When is enteral nutrition the preferred alternative feeding? - ANSWER✔✔ Enteral
nutrition is the preferred method of feeding for a patient with a functioning
intestinal tract who is unable to meet his nutritional needs through oral intake.
A nasogastric (NG) tube terminates in the ___?_____. - ANSWER✔✔ stomach
A nasoenteric (NE) tube terminates in the ____?_________. - ANSWER✔✔ small
intestine
A gastrostomy tube (G-tube), percutaneous gastrostomy tube (PEG) tube,
jejunostomy tube, or G-button is inserted into the stomach or jejunum,
respectively, through the skin and ____?_______. - ANSWER✔✔ abdominal wall
A percutaneous jejunostomy (PEJ) tube is inserted into the stomach through the
abdominal wall and advanced into the ____?_____. - ANSWER✔✔ Jejunum
The nurse would suspect an alteration in a patient's nutritional status if she notes
which of the following?
A. Fasting serum blood glucose of 87 mg/dL
B. BUN of 16 mg/dL
C. Serum albumin level of 1.8 g/dL
, D. Total white blood cell count of 6,000/mm - ANSWER✔✔ C. Serum albumin
level of 1.8 g/dL
All of the other results are within normal limits
Energy required by resting tissue - ANSWER✔✔ BMR
BMR & Body Temperature correlation - ANSWER✔✔ For every 1 degree F BMR
increases 7%
(T/F) Sending the patient for an x-ray of the chest and abdomen is the most
reliable way to ensure that a nasogastric feeding tube has been placed correctly. -
ANSWER✔✔ True
The nurse is preparing an enteral feeding for a patient who will be receiving
intermittent feedings via nasogastric tube for the first time. The patient is
conscious. Which of the following is the priority intervention before administering
this feeding?
1) Observe whether the patient can speak.
2) Inject air into the feeding tube while auscultating the stomach.
3) Aspirate stomach contents and measure residual volume.
4) Obtain an x-ray of the chest and abdomen. - ANSWER✔✔ 4) Obtain an x-ray of
the chest and abdomen.
It is essential to verify that the NG tube is in the stomach and not the airway. The
only reliable method among these four is to obtain an x-ray of the chest and
abdomen. For subsequent feedings, however, it is not practical to obtain an x-ray
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