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ADULT ENTERAL NUTRITION SUPPORT; MNT TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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ADULT ENTERAL NUTRITIONSUPPORT; MNT TEST QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
What should be your first option for nutrition support? - ANSWER: oral diet.
What should your second option for nutrition support be? - ANSWER Enteral
Nutrition
What should your third option for nutrition support be? - Answer: parenteral
nourishment.
What is the definition of enteral nutrition? - ANSWER: Providing nutrition
through a feeding tube for individuals who cannot take adequate nutrients
through oral meals and/or oral supplements. *Used for people with a functional
GI tract.
How do you assess a patient who may require enteral nutrition? - ANSWER -
has a working GI (but cannot take oral intake)
- Malnutrition - Dysphagia (swallowing issues)
- suffers substantial trauma (burns or C.I.) and is unable to meet the metabolic
demands of the illness.
How do you identify a patient who may require enteral nutrition? - Answer:
Inadequate oral intake or enteral nutrition infusion.
- swallowing difficulties
What is the first law of nutritional support? - ANSWER: If the gut works, USE
IT.
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