The document is a module on gastrointestinal system disorders for children. It outlines objectives to discuss GI anatomy and physiology, selected diseases including diagnosis, management, and nursing care. The content will review GI anatomy, diagnostic techniques, and specific diseases. It will then discuss the anatomy and physiology of the GI system, describing it as the alimentary canal starting at the mouth and ending at the anus, which breaks down food through digestive processes and enzymes into constituents that can be absorbed.

1. FINALS MODULE 21
GI SYSTEM DISORDERS
JASON A. ADOYOGAN, RN

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.

3. LECTURE
CONTENTS
The Gastrointestinal System
a.Review of Anatomy and Physiology of the
GI System
b.Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques
c.Discussion of Specific Diseases of the GI
System

4. REVIEW OF ANATOMY AND
PHYSIOLOGY – GI SYSTEM

5. GASTROINTESTINAL
SYSTEM
The alimentary canal
begins at the mouth, passes
through the thorax,
abdomen and pelvis and
ends at the anus

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.

8. GASTROINTESTINAL
SYSTEM
The digestive processes
gradually break down the
foods eaten until they are in a
form suitable 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.