Chapter 15- Feeding Patients:Hospital Food and Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition-2
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sophearvy_phe on November 11, 2009
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Vocabulary for Parenteral Nutrition
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nursing group, Hennepin Technical College Study Group
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Total Parenteral Nutrition | TPN stands for? (Infuses hypertonic solution; nutritionally complete) |
| Parenteral Nutrition | the delivery of nutrients by vein ( used when pt. is physically or psychologically cannot consume enough nutrients orally and enterally) |
| Central TPN | the infusion into a central vein of a nutritional solution that meets nutrient needs. |
| Bacterial Translocation | the movement of intestinal bacteria from the gut into lymph nodes and the bloodstream. |
| Dextrose | a form of glucose that contains water; dextrose provides 3.4 cal/g, not 4.0 cal/g like glucose. |
| Refeeding Syndrome | a potentially fatal complication that occurs from an abrupt change from a catabolic state to an anabolic state and an increase in insulin caused by a dramatic increase in calories.( Overfeeding) |
| Total Nutrient Admixture (TNA) | parenteral solutions that contain all nutrients including lipids; also called 3-in-1 admixtures.( may hold a 24-hour quantity of total parenteral nutrition.) |
| Cyclic TPN | infusing TPN at a constant rate for 8 to 12 hours/day.( recommended for pts. receiving TPN at home) |
| Cracking | the appearance of a layer of fat on top or oily globules in the solution.(observe in TNA mixtures,"cracked" solution cannot be infused) |
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