Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • 21 views

    NCM105 Nutrition and Diet Therapy

    Uploaded by

    Aly
    This document discusses various eating disorders and their corresponding nursing interventions. It covers anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, pica, and rumination disorder. For each disorder, it lists several nursing interventions such as supervising mealtimes, monitoring weight and elimination patterns, providing nutritional education and counseling, referring patients to other specialists, and involving family support. The overall goal of the nursing interventions is to help patients establish healthy eating behaviors and address any underlying psychological factors contributing to their eating disorder.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    NCM105 Nutrition and Diet Therapy

    Uploaded by

    Aly
    21 views4 pages
    This document discusses various eating disorders and their corresponding nursing interventions. It covers anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, pica, and rumination disorder. For each disorder, it lists several nursing interventions such as supervising mealtimes, monitoring weight and elimination patterns, providing nutritional education and counseling, referring patients to other specialists, and involving family support. The overall goal of the nursing interventions is to help patients establish healthy eating behaviors and address any underlying psychological factors contributing to their eating disorder.

    Original Title

    NCM105-ACTIVITY3FINALS_SERRANO

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    This document discusses various eating disorders and their corresponding nursing interventions. It covers anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, pica, and rumination disorder. For each disorder, it lists several nursing interventions such as supervising mealtimes, monitoring weight and elimination patterns, providing nutritional education and counseling, referring patients to other specialists, and involving family support. The overall goal of the nursing interventions is to help patients establish healthy eating behaviors and address any underlying psychological factors contributing to their eating disorder.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as docx, pdf, or txt
    21 views4 pages

    NCM105 Nutrition and Diet Therapy

    Uploaded by

    Aly
    This document discusses various eating disorders and their corresponding nursing interventions. It covers anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, pica, and rumination disorder. For each disorder, it lists several nursing interventions such as supervising mealtimes, monitoring weight and elimination patterns, providing nutritional education and counseling, referring patients to other specialists, and involving family support. The overall goal of the nursing interventions is to help patients establish healthy eating behaviors and address any underlying psychological factors contributing to their eating disorder.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as docx, pdf, or txt
    of 4

    NCM105

    Nutrition and Diet Therapy

    Serrano, Alyssa Marie C.

    SN: 19-1527

    Activity 3- Finals

    EATING DISORDERS
    EATING DISORDERS

    1. ANOREXIA NERVOSA

    Nursing Intervention

    >Supervise the patient during mealtimes and for a specified period after meals (usually one hour).
    > Increase the fluid intake and/or liquid-form food that are more acceptable to the patient’s appetite.
    > Monitor the patient’s weight; Expect weight gain of about 1 lb. (0.5 kg) per week.
    > Provide smaller meals and supplemental snacks, as appropriate.
    > Provide diet and snacks with substitutions of preferred foods when available.
    >If edema or bloating occurs after the patient has returned to normal eating behavior, reassure her that this
    phenomenon is temporary.

    2. BULIMIA NERVOSA

    Nursing Intervention
    > Supervise the patient during mealtimes and for a specified period after meals (usually one hour).
    > Identify the patient’s elimination patterns.
    > Assess her suicide potential.
    > Outline the risks of laxative, emetic, and diuretic abuse for the patient
    > Encourage the patient to eat nutritious food, and explain the importance of nutrients in the body.
    > Provide smaller meals and supplemental snacks, as appropriate.
    > Provide one-to-one supervision and have a patient with bulimia remain in the day room area with no
    bathroom privileges for a specified period (2 hr) following eating, if contracting is unsuccessful.
    3. BINGE EATING DISORDER

    Nursing Intervention
    > Explain to the client the importance of having a healthy balance diet that can help to cope her condition.
    > Provide a meal plan that is appropriate to the client. Frequent, but small meals.
    > Provide some example of other activities or physical activities to the client.
    > Have a one-on-one conversation that will make the client comfortable to open up about her condition.
    > Give psychological and emotional support to the client. Include the family or friends in the course of
    therapy.
    > For collaborative intervention, introduce the client to some groups or organization that specializes
    psychological support.

    4. PICA

    Nursing Intervention
    > Explain to the client the health risk that the pica disorder may cause to the nutritional requirements of
    the body.
    > Provide a list of proper meal plan with corresponding nutritional value.
    > Provide client and family teaching regarding the health risk of this disorder.
    > Encourage the family of the client to remove or hide the client’s pica cravings and provide food that have
    nutrients.
    > If the client is a child, encourage the parents to pay attention to what their children are eating. This is to
    avoid the risk of having pica disorder. If their child is already having pica disorder, they should watch their
    children’s eating habit and avoid unnecessary items in the surroundings.
    > Refer the client/family to a nutritionist for diet therapy and to psychologist for psychological therapy.
    5. RUMINATION DISORDER

    Nursing Intervention
    > Supervised the client when eating the meal, to make sure that they did not spit out the food they intake.
    > Have meal options that are more palatable and nutritious for nutrients requirement of the body.
    > Encourage the client to increase food and fluid intake.
    > Provide soft diet meal to avoid the chewing of food during therapy.
    > Provide fresh fruits and vegetables in smoothie or juice form to avoid spitting.
    > Refer the client to psychologist for psychological and emotional therapy.
    > Include the family within the course of therapy for support and understanding.
    > If medication are to be administered, be present during the administration especially if it is taken orally.

    You might also like