enteral nutrition Archives

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Enteral feeding: Indications, complications, and nursing care

January 11, 2017

Enteral feedings deliver nourishment through a tube directly into the GI tract. They’re ordered for patients with a functioning GI tract who can’t ingest enough nutrition orally to meet their…

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Evidence-based strategies to prevent enteral nutrition complications

June 2, 2021

Follow these tips to keep your patients safe. Takeaways Enteral nutrition (tube feeding) can be administered safely but is not without risks. Optimal nursing care can prevent many tube…

Formula for success: Deliver enteral nutrition using best practices

March 24, 2009

Between 30% and 50% of adults admitted to U.S. hospitals are malnourished. This article explains how to provide nourishment while achieving better outcomes and shorter hospital stays.

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