Sustaining Life with Hydration and Nutrition

2025-06-23T10:50:19-04:00

Life is a beautiful gift that is given to us moment by moment. We are given the opportunity to thrive and become the best we can, but in order to survive we must feed our bodies and minds with that of food and water. We as a human could not survive without water. It is one of the most essential nutrients of life. It plays a vital role within every bodily function, from regulating temperature to facilitating digestion and flushing out our waste products. Don’t forget your skin, you need to protect from drying out and cracking. Our bodies are made [...]

Sustaining Life with Hydration and Nutrition2025-06-23T10:50:19-04:00

Gastrointestinal System and Bowel Elimination

2025-06-23T08:31:02-04:00

As nursing assistants, your responsibility of taking care of your patients/residents will incorporate many body systems.  This part of learning is just to understand the basics and be observant to any changes in your patient or residents’ health.  Reporting any changes to your team leaders so that your patients will get the proper care to maintain health and well-being. The gastrointestinal tract also known as the GI tract, digestive tract or the alimentary canal.  Is the main passageway of the digestive system.  Leads from the mouth to the anus.  It is the second largest body system.  The cardiovascular system is [...]

Gastrointestinal System and Bowel Elimination2025-06-23T08:31:02-04:00

Urinary System and Elimination

2025-06-23T08:31:02-04:00

As nursing assistants, your responsibility of taking care of your patients/residents will incorporate many body systems. This part of learning is just to understand the basics and be observant to any changes in your patient or residents’ health. Reporting any changes to your team leaders so that your patients will get the proper care to maintain health and well-being. The genitourinary system includes the kidneys, ureters, bladder, urethra and the associated organ, the prostate gland. Your kidneys are vital organs that perform essential functions by filtering waste and excess fluid from the blood where urine is produced as a byproduct. They [...]

Urinary System and Elimination2025-06-23T08:31:02-04:00
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