Enteral Nutrition Support

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Which term refers to the use of specialized nutrition support to help patients regain their health?

  • Oral intakes
  • Enteral nutrition (correct)
  • Intravenous infusions
  • Tube feedings

What can interfere with food consumption, digestion, or absorption, making oral intakes insufficient to meet a patient's nutritional needs?

  • Enteral nutrition
  • Illnesses (correct)
  • Gastrointestinal tract
  • Specialized nutrition support

What can help alleviate patients' concerns about using specialized nutrition support?

  • Showing understanding and carefully explaining the procedures (correct)
  • Intravenous infusions
  • Oral intakes alone
  • Tube feedings

What does enteral nutrition most often refer to?

<p>Tube feedings (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of specialized nutrition support?

<p>To meet a patient's nutritional needs (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is the definition of enteral nutrition?

<p>The provision of nutrients using the gastrointestinal tract (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why might patients and caregivers be anxious about using specialized nutrition support?

<p>They are unfamiliar with the procedures (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

When might oral intakes alone be insufficient to meet a patient's nutritional needs?

<p>When illnesses interfere with food consumption, digestion, or absorption (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of specialized nutrition support?

<p>To help patients regain their health (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What can help alleviate patients' concerns about using specialized nutrition support?

<p>Showing understanding and carefully explaining the procedures (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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