Exam 32: Enteral Nutrition

The nurse is preparing to administer an enteral feeding for the patient.The patient has been on enteral feedings for 2 days.The nurse knows that the most appropriate technique for implementing enteral feeding is

The nurse is initiating a continuous tube feeding for a patient who has a gastrostomy tube.Which of the following procedures indicates proper practice?

Before insertion of a nasogastric (NG)tube,of which finding should the physician be notified?

Of the patients listed,which would be a candidate for nasoenteric feeding tube placement?

The nurse is checking the residual volume on a patient who is getting intermittent tube feedings via his NG tube.Which of the following may indicate that the patient has started to bleed again?

The nurse would anticipate the need for an enteral access device in which of the following patients?

The nurse has just inserted a nasogastric (NG)feeding tube into a patient.What should the nurse do to definitively ascertain that the tube is in the stomach or in the intestine?

The nurse is caring for a patient with an enteral feeding tube in place.The nurse assesses for pulmonary aspiration as the main complication related to feeding tubes.Other complications include which of the following? (Select all that apply.)

An appropriate technique for nasogastric (NG)tube insertion is for the nurse to

Conditions that increase the risk for spontaneous tube dislocation include which of the following? (Select all that apply.)

The nurse is caring for a patient with a nasogastric tube in place.What interventions would the nurse perform to reduce the risk of clogging the feeding tube? (Select all that apply.)

Which technique is appropriate for the nurse to implement during nasogastric (NG)tube insertion?

The nurse determines that a nasogastric (NG)tube needs irrigation when she

The home health nurse evaluates the provision of intermittent tube feedings by the patient's caregiver.The nurse notes that additional teaching is required when she notices that the caregiver

The nurse is caring for a patient who is receiving continuous tube feedings.What must the nurse do to care for this patient?

The nurse has inserted a nasogastric (NG)feeding tube.The feeding tube has a stylet in place to aid insertion.What should the nurse do once the tube is in place?

The nurse is caring for a patient in a chronic vegetative state with inadequate gastric emptying.The nurse would anticipate finding a ________ tube placed to assist with this patient's nutritional needs.

Which technique is appropriate for providing intermittent tube feeding once placement of the tube has been checked?

Which evaluation indicates that placement of a nasogastric or enteric tube is correct?

The nurse is checking gastric residual on a patient who has a continuously running tube feeding and finds that the patient has a 600-mL gastric residual volume (GRV).How should the nurse respond?