Tube feedings necessary due to inability to swallow nutrients without choking or aspirating.

Description
The patient requires tube ... Please Login or Join to access this information
Record Id
191
Code
00191
Downloads
73
References
Ma, H., Xu, Y., Wang, Q., & Li, J. (2018). A best practice approach to oral care in institutionally housed frail elders. Geriatric Nursing, 39(6), 663-667.
Hierl, K., Branitzki-Heinemann, K., Lange, P., Jacob, L., Kostev, K., & Schulz, M. (2019). Complications of enteral nutrition in nursing home residents receiving enteral tube feeding in general practices in Germany. Nutrition, 61, 114-119.

Outcomes

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Nutritional needs will be ... Please Login or Join to access this information
Description: Ensure client's nutritional ... Please Login or Join to access this information
Rationale: Ensuring the client's ... Please Login or Join to access this information
Record Id
196
Downloads
12,576
Evaluate in days
30
Evaluation Date
04/02/2026
Outcome References
Stroud, M., Duncan, H., & Nightingale, J. (2017). Guidelines for enteral feeding in adult hospital patients. Gut, 56(12), 1750–1752. https://doi.org/10.1136/gut.2007.131236
McClave, S., Taylor, B., Martindale, R., Warren, M., Johnson, D., Braunschweig, C., ... & Rice, T. (2019). Guidelines for the Provision and Assessment of Nutrition Support Therapy in the Adult Critically Ill Patient. Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, 40(2), 159–211. https://doi.org/10.1177/0148607115621863

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Check placement of tube ... Please Login or Join to access this information
Description: Involves verifying the ... Please Login or Join to access this information
Rationale: Assuring tube placement ... Please Login or Join to access this information
Record Id
1472
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Administer the prescribed volume ... Please Login or Join to access this information
Description: Involves administrating a ... Please Login or Join to access this information
Rationale: Giving specific cc ... Please Login or Join to access this information
Record Id
1474
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Keep accurate records of ... Please Login or Join to access this information
Description: Involves diligently documenting ... Please Login or Join to access this information
Rationale: Maintaining precise intake ... Please Login or Join to access this information
Record Id
1476
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Change feeding tube per ... Please Login or Join to access this information
Description: Involves replacing a ... Please Login or Join to access this information
Rationale: The doctor has ... Please Login or Join to access this information
Record Id
1477
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Ensure the client's room ... Please Login or Join to access this information
Description: Ensure a suction ... Please Login or Join to access this information
Rationale: Having a suction ... Please Login or Join to access this information
Record Id
1478
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Elevate HOB during bolus ... Please Login or Join to access this information
Description: Involves raising the ... Please Login or Join to access this information
Rationale: Elevating the head ... Please Login or Join to access this information
Record Id
1070
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Keep HOB elevated at ... Please Login or Join to access this information
Description: Involves consistently maintaining ... Please Login or Join to access this information
Rationale: Elevating the HOB ... Please Login or Join to access this information
Record Id
1071
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