Question

Please write 1 paragraph for each of the following and each paragraph shall be no more than 6 sentences.

1. Why did you choose nursing as a career?

a. What are your nursing goals? (i.e. BSN, MSN, DNP, grad school, nursing specialty)

b. What was the most interesting concept you have learned in nursing so far? What has been the most challenging?

c. What is the digestive process? What are the stages of digestion?

Answer 1

Question 1. ,A,b are quite individualised questions and cannot be same for everyone persuing nursing .

C) Digestion or the digestive process is the process of breakdown of complex insoluble food molecules into smaller particles that can be absorbed by the body to provide us with energy.

The process is accomplished in 5 stages namely:

1) Ingestion : it is the process of taking bolus food into the mouth. It is the first step of the digestion.

2) mechanical digestion : the second step is mechanical digestion where the food particles are cut and chewed by out teeth and is mixed with saliva that makes it easier to swallow.

3) chemical digestion : varoius enzymes act upon the swallowed food in the stomach. The enzyme are amylase, lipase, proteinase etc.

4) absorption : it is the process in which the body absorb and uses the substances for producing energy. Absorption is.mostly carried out in the lower segment of small intestine.

5) excretion : the last stage of digestion is excretion or elimination. The undigested food or waste products needs to be excreted from the body. The feces before excretion are stored in rectum which is the last part of the large intestine.