NUR112 Evolve Lesson 15: Enteral Nutrition
________ nutrition is a method of delivering nutrition through a catheter placed in a large central vein.
Dehydration
Enteral
Gastrostomy
Parenteral
Aspiration
Jejunal
Jejunostomy - ANS -Parenteral
\________ nutrition refers to nutrients given via the GI tract.
Dehydration
Enteral
Gastrostomy
Parenteral
Aspiration
Jejunal
Jejunostomy - ANS -Enteral
\____________ feedings are delivered through a feeding tube introduced through the nose into the small intestine. - ANS
-Nasointestinal (NI) feedings
\____________ feedings are delivered through a feeding tube introduced through the nose into the stomach. - ANS
-Nasogastric (NG) feedings
\__________________ are typically used for short-term management of nutritional problems (usually less than 30 days)
during an acute illness and/or recovery from an illness. - ANS -Nasogastric tube feedings
, \A nurse is assessing a patient before irrigating a nasogastric tube and initiating enteral feeding. Which of the following, if
noted, would be cause for concern? (Select all that apply.)
Absent bowel sounds.
Patient complaints of feeling hungry.
Green-tinged gastric aspirate.
Gastric residual volume 25 mL.
"Coffee ground" appearance of gastric aspirate. - ANS -Absent bowel sounds.
"Coffee ground" appearance of gastric aspirate.
\A nurse is caring for a patient with a nasogastric feeding tube who is receiving a continuous enteral feeding. The nurse
informs the patient the feeding will be stopped temporarily so water can be instilled through the feeding tube. The patient
asks, "Why don't you add the water to the bag containing the feeding?" What would be the best response by the nurse? -
ANS -"Flushing the tubing with water helps keep it from becoming clogged."
\A nursing student asks the staff nurse why auscultation is not used for verifying feeding tube placement. The nurse's best
response is: - ANS -"A tube placed in the lungs/pharynx/esophagus sounds like air entering the stomach."
The sound created when air is inserted through the feeding tube can be mistaken for correct tube placement, when in
reality the tube may be inadvertently placed in the lungs, pharynx, or esophagus.
\A patient has been receiving ranitidine hydrochloride, an H2 receptor antagonist, for treatment of a duodenal ulcer. How
may this affect pH testing? - ANS -It will increase the gastric pH reading.
\After a feeding tube is placed, all patients remain at risk for ________ and need careful nursing management to avoid
this complication.
Dehydration
Enteral
Gastrostomy
Parenteral
Aspiration
Jejunal
________ nutrition is a method of delivering nutrition through a catheter placed in a large central vein.
Dehydration
Enteral
Gastrostomy
Parenteral
Aspiration
Jejunal
Jejunostomy - ANS -Parenteral
\________ nutrition refers to nutrients given via the GI tract.
Dehydration
Enteral
Gastrostomy
Parenteral
Aspiration
Jejunal
Jejunostomy - ANS -Enteral
\____________ feedings are delivered through a feeding tube introduced through the nose into the small intestine. - ANS
-Nasointestinal (NI) feedings
\____________ feedings are delivered through a feeding tube introduced through the nose into the stomach. - ANS
-Nasogastric (NG) feedings
\__________________ are typically used for short-term management of nutritional problems (usually less than 30 days)
during an acute illness and/or recovery from an illness. - ANS -Nasogastric tube feedings
, \A nurse is assessing a patient before irrigating a nasogastric tube and initiating enteral feeding. Which of the following, if
noted, would be cause for concern? (Select all that apply.)
Absent bowel sounds.
Patient complaints of feeling hungry.
Green-tinged gastric aspirate.
Gastric residual volume 25 mL.
"Coffee ground" appearance of gastric aspirate. - ANS -Absent bowel sounds.
"Coffee ground" appearance of gastric aspirate.
\A nurse is caring for a patient with a nasogastric feeding tube who is receiving a continuous enteral feeding. The nurse
informs the patient the feeding will be stopped temporarily so water can be instilled through the feeding tube. The patient
asks, "Why don't you add the water to the bag containing the feeding?" What would be the best response by the nurse? -
ANS -"Flushing the tubing with water helps keep it from becoming clogged."
\A nursing student asks the staff nurse why auscultation is not used for verifying feeding tube placement. The nurse's best
response is: - ANS -"A tube placed in the lungs/pharynx/esophagus sounds like air entering the stomach."
The sound created when air is inserted through the feeding tube can be mistaken for correct tube placement, when in
reality the tube may be inadvertently placed in the lungs, pharynx, or esophagus.
\A patient has been receiving ranitidine hydrochloride, an H2 receptor antagonist, for treatment of a duodenal ulcer. How
may this affect pH testing? - ANS -It will increase the gastric pH reading.
\After a feeding tube is placed, all patients remain at risk for ________ and need careful nursing management to avoid
this complication.
Dehydration
Enteral
Gastrostomy
Parenteral
Aspiration
Jejunal
