[Patient Fasting Guide lines]

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ABSTRACT

In this study we try to explore the concept of “patient fasting guide lines” in a holistic context. The main focus of the research is on “patient” and its relation with “care of fasting guide lines”. The research also analyzes many aspects of “the care of patients taken by nurses in hospitals” and tries to gauge its effect on “the patients and their health”. Finally the research describes various factors which are responsible for “the implementation of fasting guide lines of patients” and tries to describe the overall effect of it on “the health of patients”.

Table of Contents

ABSTRACTIV

CHAPTER 01: INTRODUCTION1

Background of the study1

Problem Statement1

Research Aims and Objectives1

Significance of the Study1

Rationale2

Research Question3

Limitation of Study3

Reliability3

Validity4

Ethical concerns5

CHAPTER 02: LITERATURE REVIEW6

Research on preoperative fasting policies7

Nurse role around the perioperative nutrition8

CHAPTER 03: METHODOLOGY9

Justification for Using Literature Review9

Search Terms and Methods9

Key Words10

Tools for Critiquing Literature Found10

Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria10

CHAPTER 04: DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS11

CHAPTER 05: CONCLUSION13

REFERENCES15

CHAPTER 01: INTRODUCTION

Background of the study

This section is complementary to the other ones in this capacity focusing on pre-operative fasting routines. In it we talk about some of the matters in require of more study to characterise best practice. One of these is the function of fasting in crisis patients. Modern pre-operative fasting recommendations nearly solely deal with discretionary patients

Problem Statement

The research identified a variety of problems that affected the care of patients awaiting urgent surgery. In particular, there were concerns about the long periods of starvation of the very young and elderly on the three wards within the unit.

Research Aims and Objectives

The research focuses on the following aims and objectives:

The patient fasting guide lines

Implementation of patient fasting guide lines

Significance of the Study

Pre-operative fasting, or prior to anesthesia has been used to avoid the risk of regurgitation and aspiration of gastric materials, not yet established, with evidence, the volume and gastric pH associated with these risks and causing increased morbidity and mortality. Gastric emptying provides one of the main guide lines for establishing such a fast time, which is different for liquids or solids, according to the composition and quantity of protein, calories and fat contained in food, and by age and pathology associated. In people without increased risk of regurgitation / aspiration, is considered safe to fast for 2 hours for clear liquids, 4 hours for breast milk, and 6 hours for solids, infant formula and human milk. The store does not have to keep a prolonged fast, gives patients less hunger and thirst also diminishes their anxiety and their families.

Rationale

Strategies for pre-operative fasting in discretionary patients manage not request in ...