N105: Essentials of Nursing Care - Health Differences

Essentials of Nursing Study Guide

©2017 Achieve Test Prep Page 3 of 160 Table of Contents Chapter One: Nutrition ...................................................................................................................... 7 1.1 Physiology of Nutrition ......................................................................................................................... 7 Ingestion .............................................................................................................................................................. 7 Digestion .............................................................................................................................................................. 7 Absorption ........................................................................................................................................................... 8 Metabolism .......................................................................................................................................................... 8 Elimination .......................................................................................................................................................... 9 1.2 Nutrients ................................................................................................................................................ 9 Micronutrients ..................................................................................................................................................... 9 Macronutrients .................................................................................................................................................... 9 Deficiencies and Toxicity .................................................................................................................................. 10 Essential and Non-Essential Nutrients ............................................................................................................ 10 The Six Essential Nutrients ............................................................................................................................... 11 1.3 Nutritional Needs .................................................................................................................................17 Nutritional information throughout the life cycle .......................................................................................... 18 Nutritional diseases .......................................................................................................................................... 19 Feeding Difficulties in Children ........................................................................................................................ 21 Weight Management ......................................................................................................................................... 22 1.4 Medications ...........................................................................................................................................23 Food/Drug Interactions .................................................................................................................................... 23 Drug/nutrient interactions .............................................................................................................................. 23 Groups of medicines .......................................................................................................................................... 24 1.5 Nutritional Assessment .......................................................................................................................26 Patient History and Physical Examination ...................................................................................................... 26 1.6 Nutritional Support ..............................................................................................................................27 Nasogastric Tube Insertion .............................................................................................................................. 27 Nursing Interventions Prior to Tube Feeding ................................................................................................. 28 Principles for Administering a Tube Feeding ................................................................................................. 29 Principles for Administering a Gastrostomy or Jejunostomy Feeding: ........................................................29 Parenteral Nutrition (PN) ................................................................................................................................. 30 The mouth and pharynx ................................................................................................................................... 31 Chapter One Practice Questions ...............................................................................................................33 Chapter Two: Elimination ............................................................................................................... 37 2.1 The Large Intestine ..............................................................................................................................37 Functions of the Large Intestine ...................................................................................................................... 37 Types of Movement in the Large Intestine ...................................................................................................... 38 Nursing Procedures .......................................................................................................................................... 38 2.2 Fecal Elimination ..................................................................................................................................39