Christopher Parrish Documentation Assignments;questions and answers,100% CORRECT

Document your focused gastrointestinal and dietary assessment of Christopher Parrish. ● Obtained vital signs ● Assess placement of NG tube - prior to aspiration and flushing. ● Ensure proper patient position in bed. ● Educate the patient on tube feeding and aspiration. ● Administer medication and fluid nutrition. 2. Document two nursing diagnoses for this patient. ● Risk for aspiration as evidence by nasal tube and enteral feedings ● Risk for activity as evidence by respiratory condition (Cystic Fibrosis) 3. Document your priorities for care of this patient. ● Obtain vital signs ● Administer prescribed medications ● Administer tube feeding following doctors orders and protocol ● Educate the patient on tube feeding, BMI, aspiration risks. 4. Describe the age-related considerations you will use when caring for Christopher Parrish. Christopher is a teenager who just moved away from his family and may be stressed due to starting college and having to manage his disease. This overall stress and business can be a cause of his unhealthy nutritional status. He may not feel the need to eat or have the will to cook for himself, especially if his mom was the main food preparer in the house. He may be unhappy that he is in the hospital alone with no support from his mom since she has other children she is tending to at home. He may be unreceptive to any information we provide and may need additional teaching. 5. Referring to your feedback log, document the nursing care, including patient education about nutritional needs and therapy, which you provided to Christopher Parrish. Include his response. I reviewed the patient's Electronic medical record prior to entering the room. Once in the room I washed my hands, introduced myself, identified the patient and asked about any allergies, the patient 's response was “none”. I listened to lung and heart sounds, obtained vitals and inquired if the patient was in any pain, patient response was “NO”. I assisted the patient into sitting position prior to administering 5 tablets of pancrelipase as per MAR and HCP orders. I donned gloves and checked the placement of the NG tube prior to aspirating and flushing. Administered tube feeding per MAR and HCP orders. Educated patient on tube feeding, intake and output taking, risk of aspiration, BMI due to most recent weight loss, diagnostic tests that were taken during stay. I then asked the patient about bowel movements and he replied he had two a day mostly formed and soft.