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the total of all processes involved in taking in and using food substances for proper growth, functioning, and maintenance of health   Nutrition  
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Role of the nurse in promoting nutrition   Help the pt understand the importance of the diet, and encourage diet. Assist some pt with eating. Take and record pt weights. Record intakes(calorie intake). Observe clinical signs of poor nutrition and report them.  
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Symbolizes a person's personalized approach to a healthy diet and physical activity   My Pyramid  
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Developed for ages 2 to adulthood to address the importance of adequate nutrition, as well as the prevention of overnutrition and chronic disease.   Dietary Guidelines for Americans  
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Refer to a set of nutrient-based values that serve both assessing and planning diets   Dietary Reference Intakes (DRI)  
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A chemical compound or element cound in food that is necessary for good health   Nutrient  
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Nutrients that our bodies are not able to make in the amounts essential for good health, but obtained through diet or other sources   Essential nutrients  
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Fuctions of nutrients   provide energy, build and repair tissue, and regulate body processes  
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Six classes of essential nutrients   carbs, fats, protiens, vitamins, minerals, and water  
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measurement of energy, much as a pound is a measurement of weight   kilocalorie (kcal)  
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Main function is to provide energy and can be classified as either simple or complex   Carbs  
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Carbs with only one sugar unit   Monosaccharides  
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Carbs with 2 or more long chains of sugar unit   Polysacchaarides  
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A polysaccharide that is the body's storage form of carbs and found mainly in the liver   Glycogen  
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Nondigestible chemical substances found in plants   Dietary Fiber  
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If the body meets the energy needs, it will store carbs as this. Once it is full, the body will convert excess of carbs to fat and store them in the adipose tissue   Glycogen  
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Group of organic substances of a fatty nature that are insoluble in water and necessary for good health   Lipids  
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A feeling of fullness and satisfaction from food   Satiety  
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A three-carbon chain with three fatty acids attached to it   Triglyceride  
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Fatty acid where the chemical bonds are completely filled with hydrogen   Saturated fatty acids  
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Fatty acid with one or more places on it chemical chain where hydrogen is missing   Unsaturated fatty acids  
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Process in which hydrogen is added to vegetable oil to make it more solid and stable and less susceptible to becoming rancid   Hydrogenation  
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A fat-soluble sterol found in animal fats and oils, organ meats, and egg yolk. Synthesized in liver   Cholesterol  
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The building blocks out of which proteins are constructed; end product of protein digestion   Amino Acids  
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The building and repairing phase of metabolism. Energy is released from catabolism and allows the cells to build more complex   Anabolism  
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A psychoneurotic disorder characterized by prolonged refusal to eat   Anorexia Nervosa  
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Amount of energy used by the body at rest to maintain vital functions such as respiration, circulation, temperature, peristalsis, and muscle tone. Measured prior to eating and activity is most accurate   Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR)  
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An estimate used to determine if a person may be at risk because of excessive weight   Body Mass Index (BMI)  
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An eating disorder involving an insatiable craving for food, often resulting in continual eating followed by periods for depression, self-deprivation, and purging   Bulimia Nervosa  
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The breakdown or destructive phase of metabolism when complex body substances are broken down to simpler ones   Catabolism  
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Combination of profuse perspiration, nausea, vertigo, diarrhea, and weakness. May occur after a partial or total gastrectomy or gastric bypass   Dumping Syndrom  
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Administration of nutrients into the GI tract, usually referred to tube feeding   Enteral Nutrition  
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Molecules made of lipid surrounded by protein   Lipoprotein  
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The use of specific nutrition services to treat an illness, injury, or condition. Involves modifying the diet in order to meet the nutrition requirments created by disease or injury   Medical Nutritional Therapy (MNT)  
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Foods providing a high quality of one or more nutrients in a small number of calories. large amounts of nutrients realtive to kcal   Nutrient-Dense Foods  
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Abnormal increase in the proportion of fat cells, mainly in the viscera(soft part, internal organs) and subcutaneous tissues of the body   Obesity  
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Administrating nutrients by route other than the alimentary canal, such intravenously   Parenteral Nutrition (Hyperalimentation)  
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A progressive macrocytic megaloblastic anemia usually related to inadequate intake, absorption, or utilization of vitamins B12   Pernicious Anemia  
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Food, fiber, bacteria, body secretions, and other substances that remain in the colon after digestion is completed   Residue  
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A diet used as a medical treatment that may be modified for nutrient content, texture, consistency, or meal frequency   Therapeutic Diet  
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The administration of a hypertonic solution into a large central vein, usually the superior vena cava, via a catheter threaded through either the subclavian or inter jugular vein   Total Parenteral Nutrition  
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The administration of nutritionally balanced liquefied foods or formula into the stomach, duodenum, or jejunum by way of a feeding tube   Tube Feeding  
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Strict vegetarian who eliminates all foods of animal origin from their diet   Vegan  
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the cholesterol found in the bloodstream   serum cholesterol  
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Vision, reproduction, immune system, growth   Vitamin A  
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Maintains blood, calcium   Vitamin D  
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Antioxidant, protection of cell membrane   Vitamin E  
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Formation of blood clotting factors   Vitamin K  
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Nucleic acid synthesis, amino acid, metabolism   Folic Acid  
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New cell synthesis, maintenance of nerve cells   Vitamin B12  
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Antioxident, immunity, wound healing, tissue growth   Vitamin C  
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part of hemoglobin and and myoglobin, necessary for oxygen, energy for metabolism   Iron  
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Part of enzymes that are involved in metabolism   Zinc  
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makes up approximately 60% of adults and 80% of infant weight   water  
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name of source of energy such as carbs, protiens, and fats   macronutrients  
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name for vitamins and minerals   micronutrients  
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fat soluble vitamins?   ADEK- vit.A, vit.D, vit.E, and vit.K  
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water requirements vary depending on what three things?   age, exercise, and health  
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fiber that dissolves in water and turns into a gel-like substance, slows down rate of digestion, and decreases rate of blood sugar absorbtion   soluble fiber  
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fiber that is non-digestible bulk that does not dissolve in water, is a natural laxative and helps promote regularity   insoluble fiber  
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this includes plant foods plus dairy products   Lacto vegetarian  
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this includes plant and dairy foods plus eggs   Lacto-ovo vegetarian  
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Anatomy of the My Pyramid   Activity, Proportion, Variety, Gradual Improvement, Personalization, Moderation  
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amount of calories needed during pregnancy   300 additional a day during 2nd and 3rd trimesters  
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recommended weight during pregnancy for normal weight   25-35  
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recommended weight during pregnancy for overweight   15-25  
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recommended weight during pregnancy for obese   15  
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recommended weight during pregnancy for underweight   28-40  
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A neural tube defect that partial or complete absence of a baby's brain due to not enough folic acid   Anencephaly  
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Opening in the spinal cord or brain that occurs eary early in human development but can be prevented with adequate folic acid intake   Neural Tube Defects  
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An opening of the spine that may need a shunt   Spina Bifida  
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craving and/or consuming non-food and non-nutritive items   Pica  
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Condition a woman has elevated blood sugar levels and has never been diagnosed of diabetes until pregnancy   Gestational Diabetes  
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When breast feeding is not an option, an infant should be fed this   iron-fortified infant formula  
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Period of the most rapid growth and development   infancy  
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purpose is to supply fluid, electrolytes, and energy in a form that requires minimal digestion and stimulation of the gastrointestinal tract   Clear liquid diet  
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purpose is a transitional diet from clear liquid to solid foods and is a more nutritionally complete diet than clear liquids   Full liquid diet  
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purpose is to provide food and fluids for pts who are unable to chew, swallow, or tolerate solid foods.   Blenderized liquid diet  
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purpose is to provide texture-modified foods that require minimal chewing   Mechanically altered diet  
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disturbance in the normal transfer of food from the oral cavity to the stomach   dysphagia  
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purpose is to provide adequate energy, nutrients and fluids in a consistency safely tolerated and to prevent malnutrition   dysphagia diet  
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purpose is to provide adequate energy and nutrients to support tissue healing and to minimize reflux, dumping syndrome, and weight loss (just went through gastic surgery)   postgastrectomy diet  
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purpose is to reduce excessive ostomy output and minimizes gas and unpleasant odors. Long term Enteral route. (previously had a colostomy surgery)   Ostomy diet  
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purpose to provide energy and nutrients in excess of usual requirements in order to improve overall nutritional status   high-calorie, high-protien diet  
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purpose is to slow the build-up of wastes in the bloodstream and control symptoms associated with kidney failure   renal diet  
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formula for BMI   Wt(in kg)/Ht 2 (in m)  
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1 CHO choice =   15 grams CHO  
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pancreas is not producing any insulin, pt dependent on insulin   Type I diabetes  
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insufficient insulin produced by the pancreas or the body does not properly use insulin   Type II diabetes  
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Elevated blood glucose levels but not high enough to carry a diagnosis of diabetes   Prediabetes  
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waxy fat-like substance found in the blood stream   cholesterol  
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normal cholesterol level   <200 mg/dl  
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normal HDL   >40 mg/dl  
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normal LDL   <100 mg/dl  
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normal Triglycerides   <150 mg/dl  
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limits sodium and encourages adequate intake of calcium, magnesium, and potassium   DASH  
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BP at 140/90 or higher   hypertension  
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professionals who aid in the provision of nutritional support   physician, dietitian, pharmacist, nurse  
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goals of nutritional support   prevent malnutrition, restore optimal nutritional status, aid in recovery  
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goals of NST   identify risks, asses needs, provide support, and determine therapy for long- and short-term  
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Writes orders and responsible for nutritional care of patient   physician  
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completes nutritional assessment, route of therapy and documents the response to therapy   dietitian  
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evaluates patient for drug-nutrient interactions   pharmacist  
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documents delivery, time, rate of nutrients and monitors pt's tolerance of support   nurse  
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Result oft he action between a drug and a nutrient that would not happen with the nutrient or drug alone   Drug-Nutrient Interaction (DNI)  
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Administered when all or part of GI tract is fuctional and is for short or full time   Tube Feeding  
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Surgically created openings through which a feeding tube may pass   Ostomy  
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Types of tube feeding administration   Continuous, Intermittent, Bolus  
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feeding via feeding pump anywhere for critically ill pts   Continuous  
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rapid infusion over 30-60 min several times a day via gravity bag and usually administered in the stomach   Intermittent  
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Rapid infusion several times per day via syringe and administered into stomach with most stable patients   Bolus  
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administered in small peripheral veins and short term   PPN Peripheral parenteral nutrition  
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administer in large central vein and long term   TPN Total Parenteral nutrition  
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States monitoring and preventing potential DNI for in-house and discharge drugs, providing education and documenting comprehension of pt   Joint commission  
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a vitamin, mineral, herb, botanical, amino acid, metabloite, constituent, extract or a combination of any of these ingredients   Dietary supplement  
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Act that states supplement manufacturers are responsible for ensuring they are safe and taking appropriate action against any unsafety after it is put in the market   Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 (DSHEA)  
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