Healthcare professionals can restore or maintain the patient’s nutritional
balance by administering nutritional support therapy to replace nutrients that
the patient lost. There are two types of nutritional support therapies: enteral
and parenteral.
Enteral nutritional support therapy introduces nutrition into the patient by
mouth or a feeding tube that is directly inserted in the stomach or small intestine.
Parenteral nutritional support therapy administers high caloric nutrients through
large veins such as the subclavian vein.Quiz
- Hyperalimentation is
(a) parenteral nutrition.
(b) enternal nutrition.
(c) a high saline concentration for parenteral nutrition therapy.
(d) none of the above. - Blenderized
(a) is a lactose-free liquid.
(b) consists of liquids that are individually prepared based on the nutri-
tional needs of the patient.
(c) is powder mixed with milk.
(d) is powder mixed with water. - Nausea and vomiting may occur during enteral therapy if which of the
following occurs?
(a) Large amounts of solution are infused too rapidly.
(b) The solution is infused directly onto the patient’s stomach.
(c) The solution is infused very slowly.
(d) The solution is mixed with water. - Monomeric is the least expensive enteral solution.
(a) True
(b) False - Parenteral nutrition therapy is used for a severely burned patient.
(a) True
(b) False
(^194) CHAPTER 11 Nutritional Support Therapies