Nutritional Supplements

provides the basic building blocks

provides basic nutrient building blocks for anabolism

surgery that restricts oral feeding, anorexia caused by chemo or radiation, GI illness that prevents food digestion, undergone surgery, nutritional deficits are minimal

phlebitis, fluid overload

• supply nutrients to those who can't ingest nutrients by mouth or meet required daily nutritional needs
• provides necessary fat, carbohydrates, and protein

allergic to eggs