ACTIVE LEARNING TEMPLATE:
Basic Concept
STUDENT NAME _____________________________________
Nutrition and oral hydration: Calculating Oral Intake
CONCEPT ______________________________________________________________________________
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(E.G., DELEGATION,
LEVELS OF PREVENTION,
ADVANCE DIRECTIVES)
Include when measuring oral
intake:
Coffee and tea
Gelatin
Ice chips or cubes
Ice cream
Milk and milk substitutes
Popsicles
Sherbert
Soup Sorbet
Follow doctors orders about
fluid restriciton
Rrenal or cardiac patients
Critical or unstable patients
Patients on diuretics or IV
fluids
ACTIVE LEARNING TEMPLATES
Underlying Principles
REVIEW MODULE CHAPTER ___________
Nursing Interventions
WHO? WHEN? WHY? HOW?
Record all fluids that go into the
patient. Oral intake, tube feedings
IV fluids, medications, TPN, lipids,
blood, dialysis and flushes
Weigh clients each day at the
same time, after voiding.
best if patient is in the buff or same
clothes.
Monitor I/O
Document I/O every 2hs
Calculate intake convert to mL
Instruct patients to eliminate in
appropriate receptacle.
Maintain an accurate record of
patients fluid balance