NSG 2317 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Questionnaire, Blood Glucose Monitoring, Dietitian
4 Dec 2017
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Nurses collaborate with multidisciplinary team in development of nutritional care plan. Nurses record patients history, weight history, assess vital signs, measure current weight and height. Dieticians and ruses often collaborate to facilitate optimal pate8int care. Dieticians: assess nutritional status across lifecycle + develop in nutritional care plans for wide-ranging health concerns. Knowledge of biochemical +nutritional components of foods an fit influences metabolic and physiologic processes. Is the degree of balance between nutrient intake and nutrient requirement. In addition to genetic predisposition, this balance is affected by income, education and broad physical and social environments, nutritional literacy and access to protective foods. Optimal nutritional status: achieved when nutrients are consumed in jaunts that support daily requirements. Any increased metabolic demands related to growth, pregnancy, illness. Undernutrition: occurs when nutritional reserves become depleted or when nutrient intake is inadequate to meet daily requirements or metabolic demands. Pop vulnerable: infants, children, pregnant, immigrants, low incomes, hospitalized peopele, older adults.
