Question

Why does the nursing profession need to worry about a patient’s nutritional status?

The basic purpose of digestion and absorption is to deliver essential nutrients to the cells in order to _________________

1. Optimal nutrition

• It is essential in promoting health, preventing illness, and restoring health after an injury or illness. To achieve optimal nutrition, a person must eat a varied diet containing ______________________________________________________.

2. Malnutrition
   • It is a state of inadequate or excess nutritional intake. It’s most common among people living in poverty—especially those with greater nutritional requirements, such as elderly people, pregnant women, children, and infants. It also occurs in hospitals and long-term care facilities because the patients in these situations have illnesses that place added stress on their bodies, raising nutritional requirements.

Diminished nutrition can result from:

Dysphagia

The main causes of dysphagia include:

Signs and symptoms of dysphagia include

Dysphagia can lead to serious complications such as:

• It is essential for nursing staff to obtain a comprehensive health history, including patient risk factors and signs and symptoms associated with dysphagia to prevent serious complications.

• Clinical non-instrumental evaluation of dysphagia such as: _______________________ can provide a rapid, easy, and convenient way to determine the likelihood that dysphagia is present, promoting faster appropriate management including referral for further swallowing assessment when indicated.

Elimination

• Let’s discuss the urinary system

The functions of the Kidney include (make sure you understand each function):

List a definition for the following:

Ureters:

Bladder:

Urethra:

- Why are females more prone to Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs) than males?

Describe the factors affecting urinary elimination:

1. Body position
2. Decreased muscle tone
3. Fluid intake
4. Hypotension
5. Infection
6. Loss of body fluid
7. Medications
8. Neurologic injury
9. Nutrition
10. Obstruction of urine flow
11. Psychological factors

Define the common urinary abnormalities:

Dysuria:

Hematuria:

Nocturia:

Polyuria:

What is Benign Prostate Hyperplasia (BPH)?

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