A 1.5 cal/ml strength tube feeding formula is run at 85 ml/hour for 14 hours. What is the total volume of formula provided in 24 hours? correct answers1,190 ml
Given the following scenario, what is the patient's net I/O?
Total liquids at meals for the day: 6 oz coffee, 4 oz OJ, 32 oz water, 16 ...
A 1.5 cal/ml strength tube feeding formula is run at 85 ml/hour for 14 hours. What is the total volume of
formula provided in 24 hours? correct answers1,190 ml
Given the following scenario, what is the patient's net I/O?
Total liquids at meals for the day: 6 oz coffee, 4 oz OJ, 32 oz water, 16 oz tea, IV fluids at 30 ml/hr for 12
hours.
Recorded urine outputs: 300 ml at 7am, 200 ml at 10am, 200ml, at 12pm, 250 ml at 2pm, 400 ml at 6pm
Wound tube drainage: 200 ml
One episode of vomiting: 300 ml correct answers+150 ml
What is the most ideal method of determining the energy requirements of a critically ill patient? correct
answersIndirect calorimetry
The initial lab work of a patient who just underwent an extensive surgical procedure shows a very low
prealbumin level of 9.1 mg/dL. Which other lab value would you expect to be significantly elevated?
-Album
-C-reactive protein
-Retinol binding protein correct answersC-reactive protein
During a period of severe stress to the body:
-antidiuretic hormone levels decrease, which decreases the excretion of potassium
-catecholamines decrease, in which case glycogen breakdown also increases
-cortisol levels decrease, which decreases fatty acid mobilization
,Which of the following is not true about a mechanically soft diet?
-Nutritionally, mechanically soft diets are no different than regular consistency diets
-If a patient is tolerating a mechanically soft diet well, the dietitian may upgrade the diet to regular
consistency
-Mechanically soft diets can include foods from every food group
-A patient with poor dentition may benefit from a mechanically soft diet correct answersIf a patient is
tolerating a mechanically soft diet well, the dietitian may upgrade the diet to regular consistency
___________ is a complication of enteral nutrition where formula enters the airway. correct
answersAspiration
A tube feeding ran for 12 hours and provided 2,200 calories at 1.5 cals/ml. What was the rate of infusion
(ml/hr)? correct answers125 ml/hr
Using the following information, how many grams of amino acids are in this TPN solution? Total calories
= 1,770, 300 grams of CHO, 550 calories of 10% lipids?
-200g
-55g
-50g
-72g correct answers50g
(Amino acid calories = 1770 TPN calories - 1020 CHO calories (300g x 3.4)-550 lipid calories = 200 AA
calories/4 = 50g)
How many grams of nitrogen are in a diet consisting of 100 grams of protein? correct answers16 grams
(6.25 grams of protein for 1 gram of nitrogen)
, How much fluid is recommended for a normal healthy man, not perspiring, who consumes 2,200 calories
per day? correct answers2,200 ml
(at rest, not perspiring = 1 ml per calorie consumed)
A patient in the ICU and being treated for severe burns. This patient just underwent an extensive skin
graft procedure. Which of the following lab values would be least effective in determining this patient's
nutritional status?
Albumin
Retinol binding protein
C-reactive protein
Transferrin correct answersAlbumin
(serum albumin = indicator of patient's protein stores, not effective in acute setting)
A patient in your facility has a fully-functional GI tract and needs a form of enteral nutrition by way of
tube for at least 5 weeks. Which of the following feeding methods would be most appropriate?
TPN
PEG tube
PEJ tube
Nasojejunal correct answersPEG tube
You notice a resident's tube feeding pump has been turned off when you enter the resident's room.
What should you do? correct answersTell the charge nurse or the unit manager
Which of the following statement is not true about medications and enteral feedings?
-A medication in tablet form may be crushed and mixed into an enteral formula
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