2. OBJECTIVES
1.Discuss the basic anatomy and physiology of the
gastrointestinal system.
2.Discuss the selected diseases under the said body
system, including their diagnosis, assessment,
management and accompanying nursing
considerations.
3.Formulate nursing diagnoses applicable for each of the
specified diseases.
4.Establish Nursing care outcomes and plan of care for
children with specific Gastrointestinal system
disorders.
6. GASTROINTESTINAL
SYSTEM
The digestive system is the collective
name used to describe the alimentary
canal, its accessory organs and a
variety of digestive processes that
take place at different levels in the
canal to prepare food eaten in the diet
for absorption.
9. GASTROINTESTINAL
SYSTEM
Digestion releases its constituents:
amino acids, mineral salts, fat and
vitamins. Digestive enzymes that effect
these changes are secreted into the
canal by specialized glands, some of
which are in the walls of the canal and
some outside the canal, but with ducts
leading into it.