Nursing Technologies
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- PO
- By Mouth
- NPO
- Nothing By Mouth
- PEG
- Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy
- DAT
- Diet As Tolerated
- PC
- After Meals
- DM
- Type I Diabetes Mellitus
- ADAT
- Advanced Diet as Tolerated
- ADA
- American Diabetic Association
- AC
- Before Meals
- BMR
- Basal Metabolic Rate- is the energy requirement for a person at rest. It is the energy needed to maintain life sustaining activities. (ie. breathing, circulation, heart rate and temperature)
- Dysphagia
- Difficulty Swallowing
- Anorexia
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A loss of appetite
(self-starving, can be deliberate or not) - Glucometer
- A machine used to measure blood sugar levels
- Insulin
- A hormone produced by the endocrine system that lowers blood glucose levels.
- Nitrogen Balance
- The relationship between Nitrogen input and Nitrogen output.
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Open (unclogged)
"a patent airway" - Enteral Nutrition (EN)
- Refers to nutrients given through the GI tract.
- Name the 3 routes used for feeding with Enteral Nutrition.
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1. nasogastric
2. jejunal
3. gastric tubes - What must be done before the first feeding a patient gets through an enteral tube?
- An x-ray must be be done to verify the tube placement.