Enteral feeding

Studying Bachelor of Nutrition Science at St Mary’s University was an excellent opportunity to obtain complex and specialised knowledge of human nutrition, focusing on the scientific evidence for the relationships between nutrition, health and disease. The course provided strong foundations of biochemistry and clinical nutrition, which are subjects of my particular interest. Completion the clinical nutrition module with an outstanding overall mark, 84%, strengthened my wish to further develop my…

patient with poor nutrition has an increased risk of complications during the hospital stay. Many of the patients involved are commonly colorectal patients. These patients likely already have a nutritional deficiency and my require a combination of enteral and parenteral nutrition. Often in surgery the patient maintains an NPO status after midnight this is modified with the ERAS protocol. In the ERAS protocol it focuses on having an optimal patient before and after surgery. The fasting period…

due to GI issues. It is repetitive and not utilized long-term because it does not provide enough iron, protein, and calories. In contrast, the diet may contain high levels of cholesterol. Clients receiving this type of diet require six or more feeding a day and may need additional supplements such as Ensure to balance the nutrition. Items in this includes but not limited to, milk, pudding, vegetable juice, eggs, and yogurt. Soft diets are recommended for client who have trouble swallowing or…

from patient to patient, I see the integral role that the dietitian plays in the healthcare team and the relationship to my diet clerk responsibilities. The dietitian coordinates the patient’s nutrition plan, either by mouth or through enteral or parenteral feedings. I see the calculations I learned in my Medical Nutrition Therapy classes put into action. This experience further reinforces my…

offer food if the patient is able to tolerate it. However, the family and patient have the power and they are the one who get to make the final decision. I took care of a dying patient, a do not resuscitate form was in place and no intravenous or enteral feeding was allowed as the patient was a high risk for aspiration. Every time I would go to the patient’s room, the first thing out of her mouth was “did you bring me food or something to drink”. I cried my heart out and ask God why am I here. I…

Parenteral nutrition is used to prevent malnutrition in patients who are unable to obtain adequate nutrients by oral or enteral routes.[4] The benefit of TPN to cancer patients is largely debated, and studies to date have generally showed minimal long term benefit. There is no evidence to support the idea that intravenous nutrition ‘feeds the cancer, not the patient’. TPN…

Who is affected? “Crohn’s Disease can affect as many as 780,000 Americans, and is most likely to affect both men and women. While Crohn’s Disease can happen at any age, the disease is more common with adolescents and young adults between the ages of 15 and 35” (Crohn’s & Colitis, n.d.). Although it can affect anyone, Crohn’s tends to affect people of different ethnic groups such as “African-Americans, Caucasians, and Jewish people of European descent than Asians and Latinos” (Crohn’s & Colitis,…

The movie “Elysium” about the future showed a medical pod that is diagnosed the patient, created an electronic record and instantly cured with the report. These ideas seem fantastic, but some of them have already presented in the medicine but at an early stage of development. The medicine evolved with the implementation of technologies during the industrial revolution and now in the time of the information society. Mavericks in medicine have always used new inventions for modifications and…

The presenting complication with the client, Carl Landau is his incapacitating symptoms and behaviors. Those symptoms and behaviors continued to propel him further out of control. The behaviors, specifically included; excessive washing and showering; ceremonial rituals for dressing and studying; compulsive placement of any objects he handled; grotesque hissing, coughing and head tossing while eating; and shuffling and wiping his feet while walking. Unexplained physical symptoms that interfere…

Participants Participants were prospectively recruited from the cohort of consecutive patients referred to the Combined Head and Neck Clinic (CHNC) at a large tertiary hospital in Brisbane between September 2013 and November 2014. For inclusion, all patients had to have at least one parotid gland affected by either primary, metastatic or recurrent disease, and were planned to receive either definitive XRT or surgery with postoperative XRT to a prescription dose of 60Gy or greater. Patients were…