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42 Cards in this Set
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Amino Acids
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Proteins are made of small building blocks
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26.427
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Aspiration
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Choking
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26.447
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Carbohydrates
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Energy foods – produce heat and energy
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26.427
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Cellulose
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Fiber or roughage maintained in bowel regularity
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26.427
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Clear Liquid Diet
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Temporary diet, primarily water and carbohydrates
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26.431
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Defecation
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Bowel movement
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26.431
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Dehydration
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Inadequate fluid intake
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26.440
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Diaphoresis
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Excessive perspiration
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26.440
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Digestion
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Process of breaking down foods into simple substances that can be used by the body cells for nourishment
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26.427
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Diuresis
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Excessive urine output
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26.440
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Dysphagia
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Difficulty swallowing food or liquids
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26.437
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Edema
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Excessive fluid retention
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26.440
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Emesis
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Vomitus
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26.447
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Enternal Feeling
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Tubes inserted into the digestive tract
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26.447
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Essential Nutrients
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Substances that can be used by the body cells for nourishment
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26.427
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Exchange List
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List of measured foods that allows equivalent exchanges between foods within a designated food group
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26.434
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Excrete
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Eliminates from the body
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26.440
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Fats
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Energy foods that produce heat and energy
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26.427
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Fluid Balance
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Balance between liquid intake and liquid output
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26.439
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Force Fluids
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Encourage patients to drink fluids
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26.440
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Full Liquid Diet
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Supply nourishment and can be used for longer than clear liquid diet, anything liquid or melted at room temperature
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26.431
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Gastrostomy Feeding
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Inserted directly through abdominal skin and into the stomach
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26.448
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Graduate
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A container marked in mL or cc
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26.440
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Hyperalimentation
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Technique in which high-density nutrients are introduced into a large vein
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26.447
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Intake & Output (I & O)
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Fluid taken in and given off by the body
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26.440
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Intravenous Infusion (IV)
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Nourishment given through a sterile tube into a vein
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26.447
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Jejunostomy Tube (J-tube)
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Long, small-bore tube that is threaded through the GI tract until the tip reaches the small intestines
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26.448
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Mechanical Soft Diet
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Commonly served to patients who have no teeth, or serious dental problems
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26.435
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Mechanically Altered
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Consistency and texture modified, food easier to chew and swallow
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26.435
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Minerals
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Help to build body tissue specially bones and teeth
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26.428
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Nasogastric (NG) Feeding
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Inserted through the nose into the stomach
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26.447
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Nourishments
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Substantial food items given to patients to increase nutrient intake
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26.436
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Nutrients
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Food that: supply heat and energy, build and repair body tissue, and regulate body functions
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26.427
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Nutrition
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Entire process by which the body takes in food for growth and repair and uses it to maintain health
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26.427
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Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG)
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Surgically inserted by threading the tube through the patient’s mouth and into the stomach
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26.448
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Protein
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An essential nutrient-based material of every body cell – only nutrient that can make new cells/ rebuild tissue
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26.427
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Pureed Diet
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Blended with gravy or liquid until it is the consistency of pudding
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26.435
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Push Fluids
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Encourage patients to drink fluids
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26.440
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Soft Diet
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Intake consisting of low-residue, mildly flavored, easily digested food
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26.432
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Therapeutic Diets
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Planned and prepared according to a patient’s individual health problems
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26.433
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Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN)
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A complete IV solution containing proteins, carbohydrates, and fats (hyperalimentation)
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26.447
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Vitamins
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Substances that regulate body processes
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26.428
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