On this page will attempt to inform the Nursing of dietary and nutritional problems that can be found in Pediatrics, for it set an agenda that will address the following objectives:
1. Discuss the normal nutritional requirements for the pediatric patient.
2. Compare the four basic food groups with the construction of vegetarian diets.
3. Discuss the components of a nutritional review.
4. Describe the role of fluids and electrolytes in children.
5. Explain the purposes of electrolyte therapy.
6. Describe the types of fluids and electrolytes used in the correction of the deficit.
7. Describe the components of specific nursing management for nutrition, fluids and electrolytes.
Good nutrition is essential for sustaining life. The goals of good nutrition for children are to promote optimal growth and development, prevent nutritional deficiency states, to help prevent acute or chronic diseases and providing reserves for tension. Nutritional needs can be met in humans through the nutrients provided by the gastrointestinal tract via food or parenterals.
This section will deal with the following themes:
Nutritional Requirements
- Water
- Calories
- Protein
- Carbohydrates
- Lipids
- Vitamins
- Minerals
- Fiber
Implementation of the recommendations of the diet
- The four basic food groups
- Vegetarian Diets
- Vegetable Proteins
- Minerals
- Vitamins
- Zen macrobiotic diet
Nursing Management
- Nutrition Examination
Fluids and electrolytes
- Water
- Fluid Compartments
- Regulation of body water
- Electrolytes
- Sodium
- Potassium
- Acid-Base Balance
- Buffer system
- Respiratory Regulation
- Renal regulation of pH
- Disorders of acid-base
- Metabolic acidosis
- Metabolic alkalosis
- Respiratory acidosis
- Respiratory alkalosis
- Joint Disorders
Electrolyte therapy
- Routes of fluid administration
- Gastrointestinal tract
- Parenteral intravenous infusion or total parenteral nutrition (hyperalimentation)
- Types of electrolyte therapy
It is important that nurse to consult this page to give us his opinion of how to improve it to be useful to nurses who are dealing with little ones.