NURS 3100 Exam 1 with Questions and Verified Answers

NURS 3100 Exam 1 with Questions and Verified Answers A nurse has finished teaching a client's husband how to administer drugs and enteral feeding through a gastronomy tube. The nurse knows the husband understands the teaching when he makes which statements? (select all that apply) a) my wife has a gastronomy tube instead of a nasogastric tube b/c she will have the tube for a long time b) I will need to use liquid medications. If any of the medications are in pill form, I will use the pill crusher to crush them and mix them w/ water before putting them in the tube c) the medication says it is enteric coated. Im not supposed to crush this kind of medication. I will need to ask the physician to substitute another medication that is liquid or can be crushed d) there's a big difference in how the drugs work in the body when they're taken orally and when they're administered through a tube e) I have to be very careful to flush the tube after I put medication in it. If I don' ANSWER a) my wife has a gastronomy tube instead of a nasogastric tube b/c she will have the tube for a long time b) I will need to use liquid medications. If any of the medications are in pill form, I will use the pill crusher to crush them and mix them w/ water before putting them in the tube c) the medication says it is enteric coated. Im not supposed to crush this kind of medication. I will need to ask the physician to substitute another medication that is liquid or can be crushed e) I have to be very careful to flush the tube after I put medication in it. If I don't the tube could get clogged.