Exam 31: Enteral Nutrition

Additional teaching is required when the nurse evaluates the provision of the intermittent tube feeding and the family member:

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

The nurse,physician,and dietitian collaborate to select an enteral feeding formula for the patient.Their decision should be based on which of the following? (Select all that apply.)

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

Before the insertion of a nasogastric (NG)tube,the physician should be notified of:

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

What is an appropriate amount of nasogastric irrigant for an adult client?

An appropriate technique for the nurse to implement for enteral feeding is:

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

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

______________,commonly called tube feeding,is the administration of nutrients through the gastrointestinal tract when a patient cannot ingest,chew,or swallow,but can digest and absorb nutrients.

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

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

The patient has an enteral feeding tube in place.Pulmonary aspiration is the main complication related to feeding tubes.Other complications include which of the following? (Select all that apply.)

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

Gastrostomy feeding tubes require that the patient has normal _____________.

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

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

Complications related to long-term placement of nasogastric (NG)tubes include which of the following? (Select all that apply.)

Nasoenteric tubes,once placed into the small bowel,are thought to reduce the risk for ___________________.