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Measuring and Recording Intake and Output

Measuring and Recording Intake and Output. State Standard: 5:2 Apply procedures for accurate documentation and recording keeping. TO : Students will learn how to measure and record intake and output of a patient. Jadi & Deidre. Today’s Agenda: 2/18/14. Warm up Notes

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Measuring and Recording Intake and Output

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  1. Measuring and Recording Intake and Output State Standard: 5:2 Apply procedures for accurate documentation and recording keeping. TO: Students will learn how to measure and record intake and output of a patient. Jadi & Deidre

  2. Today’s Agenda: 2/18/14 • Warm up • Notes • Activity: Measuring intake and output • Closure: 3-2-1

  3. Warm-Up • A degree awarded by a college or university after a prescribed course of study that usually lasts four or more years is a/an __________ degree. • A medical specialist who treats diseases and disorders of children is a/an ___________. • A medical specialist who treats tumors and cancer is a/an ___________. • A medical specialist who treats disease and disorders of the stomach and intestine is a/an _______________. • An example of a health career in the NHCSS information services cluster is _______________. bachelor’s pediatrician oncologist gastroenterologist medical illustrator

  4. Intake and Output • Is a means of recording all fluids a person takes in and eliminates during a certain period of time. • Intake is all fluids that are put into the body. • Output is all fluids that are expelled from the body.

  5. What is intake and output used for? • A balance between the amount of fluid taken into the body and the amount lost from the body. • Helps a physician provide care to the pt. • In healthy individuals, their fluid balance usually maintained by the body structures. • If pt has heart or kidney dz or loses large amounts of fluids from vomiting, diarrhea, excessive perspiration, or bleeding, fluid balance may be abnormal.

  6. Types of Intake: • Oral • Intake of liquids through the mouth. • Nurse assistants measure and record these amounts.

  7. Types of Intake • Tube Feedings (enteral feedings) • Used for pts who are unable to swallow. • These pts could be unconscious, in a comatose state, or have a digestive disease. • Types of Tubes • Nasogastric- through the nose • Gastrostomy- surgically inserted through the abdominal skin to the stomach

  8. Gastrostomy Nasogastric

  9. Types of Intake • Intravenous(IV) • Fluids given into a vein. • Blood units, plasma, etc. • Measurements are the responsibility of the nurse.

  10. Types of Output • Bowel Movement, BM • Liquid bowel movements are usually measured and recorded. • A solid BM is usually described under feces.

  11. Types of Output • Emesis • Anything that is vomited is measured and recorded. • Color, type, and other facts are usually noted.

  12. Types of Output • Urine • All urine voided and drained via a catheter is measured and recorded.

  13. Irrigation • Forinput • Refers to fluid into tubes that have been inserted in the body. • For output • Any irrigation or suction drainage from nasogastric tubes, hemo-vacs, and other drainage tubes.

  14. Measurements • All amounts must be measured in graduates. • A graduate isa container made of plastic and has calibrations for mL/cubic and/or ounces on the side.

  15. Closure: 3 – 2 – 1 • 3 things you learned • 2 questions about what you learned • 1 thing you liked

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