Nutrition, Feeding, and Eating ATI PDF

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Nutrition, Feedings and Eating ATI Skills Module 2.0 

Addressing Nutritional Status o Nutritional Screening Tools  The subjective global assessment tool  Height weight, recent weight changes, patient primary diagnosis, and presence of other factors that increase the risk for nutritional deficits  The mini Nutritional Assessment Tool  The malnutrition assessment tool o Nursing Assessment Questions  Dietary intake and food preferences  Presence of unpleasant symptoms  Allergies  Difficulties with taste, chewing, swallowing  Changes in appetite and weight  Medications o Factors that influence nutrition  Environment  Developmental needs throughout the lifespan  Pregnancy  Lactation o Anthropometry  Measure height and weight  Weigh patient after they void

 Measure weight to the closest 0.25lb  A waist circumference of 40 inches or more in a male indicated excess body fat  A waist circumference of 35 inches or more in female indicated excess body fat o Body Mass Index  Indicator of total body fat  Divide weight (kg) by height (m2)  Divide weight (lbs) by height (inches2)x703  Underweight: below 18.5  Normal: 18.5-24.9  Overweight: 25.0-29.9  Obese: 30.0 or above o Laboratory Tests 

Nutritional Panel 

determine baseline status of plasma proteins such as albumin, prealbumin, retinol binding protein, transferrin, total iron-binding capacity, and hemoglobin

 Metabolic half-life of albumin: 21 days  Hypoalbuminemia (...