Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

1. When administering medications through a feeding tube, it is recommended that sustained/extended-release drugs should be avoided. Crushing these medications can result in rapid release of a large amount of product at one time, resulting in erratic blood levels and possible toxic levels of the drug (Guenter & Boullata, 2017). 2. The gold standard for checking feeding tube placement is radiography; an electro-magnetic tube-placement device (ETPD) is sometimes used in lieu of an x-ray for thi...

1. When administering medications through a feeding tube, it is recommended that sustained/extended-release drugs should be avoided. Crushing these medications can result in rapid release of a large amount of product at one time, resulting in erratic blood levels and possible toxic levels of the drug (Guenter & Boullata, 2017). 2. The gold standard for checking feeding tube placement is radiography; an electro-magnetic tube-placement device (ETPD) is sometimes used in lieu of an x-ray for thi...

1. When administering medications through a feeding tube, it is recommended that sustained/extended-release drugs should be avoided. Crushing these medications can result in rapid release of a large amount of product at one time, resulting in erratic blood levels and possible toxic levels of the drug (Guenter & Boullata, 2017). 2. The gold standard for checking feeding tube placement is radiography; an electro-magnetic tube-placement device (ETPD) is sometimes used in lieu of an x-ray for thi...

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NR 449 Week 6 ATI #3 Skills Module – Nutrition, Feeding, and Eating

NR 449 Week 6 ATI #3 Skills Module – Nutrition, Feeding, and Eating

NR 449 Week 6 ATI #3 Skills Module – Nutrition, Feeding, and Eating

NR 449 Week 6 ATI #3 Skills Module – Nutrition, Feeding, and Eating