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Nutrition Review

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Canada's Food Guide has 5 basic rules, name them.   Enjoy a wide variety of foods.limit your intake of fats, refined sugar & alcohol.Achieve & maintain a proper bodyweight through diet & exercise.Choose low fat foods from all food groups.Each day make at least half of grain products whole grain.  
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Total Parenteral Nutrition would be ordered for what type of patient?   Malnourished & being prepared for surgery.Receiving radiation or chemotherapy & malnourished.ComaSevere AnorexiaUlcerative ColitisTerminally ill  
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What 7 things affect nutritional needs?   Genetics,Age,Gender,Pregnancy,Climate & Environment,Activity,illness  
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Proper nutrition is needed to maintain health, but how wil it help during illness?   Maintain body function. Promote tissue healing. Restore the body to a healthy state  
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What are the building blocks of protein?   Amino Acids  
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How many servings of grain products are recommended in a day?   5-12  
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How many servings of vegetables & fruits are recommended in a day?   5-10  
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How many servings of milk products are recommended in a day?   2-4  
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How many servings of meat & alternatives are recommended in a day?   2-3  
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What is a Nasogastric tube?   N-G tubes. Through nose to stomach.  
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What is a Gastrostomy tube?   G-tubes. Through incision into abdomen to stomach.  
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What is a Jejunostomy tube?   J-tubes. Through abdominal wall into jejunum or small bowel.  
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What is a Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy tube?   PEG tube. Through puncture through skin and subcutaneous tissues of the abdomen and stomach.  
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What is Bard Button?   MIC device. Surgically implanted into the stomach.  
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How does age affect the metabolic rate?   It begins to slow down between 20-22 years of age.  
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10 factors that increase metabolic rate or require increased calories?   high thyroid,pregnancy,climate,increased activity,fever,trauma,anorexia,surgery,male, growth spurts in children  
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4 factors that decrease metabolic rate or require fewer calories?   low thyroid,less active,age (elderly, old age), female  
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What 2 processes make up metabolism?   Catabolism, Anabolism  
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Explain the procedure for a patient ordered fasting blood sugar or cholesterol & triglyceride testing:   Patient remains NPO for 8-12 hours. Post NPO sign at the end of patients bed the night before.  
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Define metabolic rate and list it is determined by:   The rate at which the body metabolizes food at rest. Determined by: age,genetics,gender,lifestyle,environment  
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