Title: Discuss the importance of nutrition, hydration, and elimination as it relates to a client/resident/patient.
Course: Nurse Aide II Condensed (14051-II-A) > Section: Assisting with Nutrition

Discussion should include the purpose of the gastrointestinal system for

- ingestion—taking in food
- digestion—breaking down food into nutrients the body can absorb and use
- elimination—eliminating parts of food not absorbed.

Refer to Unit VIII in Nurse Aide Curriculum (https://www.dhp.virginia.gov/media/dhpweb/docs/nursing/forms/education/NurseAide_Ed_Program_Curriculum.doc), Virginia Board of Nursing, Virginia Department of Health Professions, 2018.

Process/Skill Questions:

- How does nutrition affect healing of the skin?
- Why is it important to document proper elimination?