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

Description 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, Virginia Board of Nursing, Virginia Department of Health Professions, 2023.

Process/Skill Questions:

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