The nurse’s role is to educate the client on the proper dietary practices that will help maintain gut homeostasis and to evaluate steps the client can take to prevent gut issues when they must take medications that can… While physical assessment of the client is required, the nurse should also obtain a history of the client’s dietary practices, dietary intolerances or allergies, typical eating and bowel patterns, changes in normal…

Digestive organs ingest, digest, and absorb the food that is taken into the body to convert it to usable energy The gastrointestinal system contains the upper gastrointestinal system (mouth, teeth, tongue, salivary glands, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, and duodenum), the lower gastrointestinal system (small intestine, large…

client — required, the nurse should also obtain a history of the client’s dietary practices, dietary intolerances or allergies, typical eating and bowel patterns, changes in norma. homeostasis — a balanced state in the body that allows for proper function. fistula — a condition in which two body parts are abnormally connected. cholecystokinin — a hormone produced by the small intestine that triggers the pancreas and gallbladder to contract when fats and proteins enter.