Exam 6: Nutritional Support

A patient with acute pancreatitis is started on parenteral nutrition.The student nurse listed possible interventions for this patient.Which intervention needs correction before finalizing the plan of care?

A patient,who has a tube feeding,requires a chest x-ray study for evaluation of a cough.To reduce the risk of aspiration,the nurse:

Select the physiological reasoning behind enteral therapy as the preferred source of nutritional therapy.

A patient is receiving enteral tube feedings and has developed drug-nutrient interactions.The nurse recognizes which drug as having the potential for causing drug-nutrient reactions?

A patient has been admitted to the critical care unit after a stroke.After "failing" a swallow study,the patient is placed on enteral feedings.Following placement of a nasogastric tube for tube feeding,what is the next critical step?

Calorie-dense feedings: (Select all that apply.)

Risks of total parenteral nutrition include: (Select all that apply.)

A patient is being fed through a nasogastric tube placed in his stomach.The nurse would carry out which intervention to minimize aspiration risk?

The best nursing approach to prevent feeding tube obstruction is to

The correct order of actions for a patient starting enteral nutrition with a feeding tube is: _______________,_______________,_______________,_______________,_______________. A)initiate tube feeding B)insert feeding tube C)flush tube to verify patency D)obtain chest radiograph E)assess residuals