1. What type of patients are good candidates for enteral and parenteral nutrition?
2. What type of nutrition would you recommend for short-term and long-term care and why?
3. Describe the meaning of a continuous tube feeding and intermittent tube feeding.
4. What is the procedure for assessing placement of a feeding tube?
5. What is the procedure for assessing gastric residuals? How often will the nurse assess?
6. What is the nursing intervention for high gastric residuals?
7. Identify the possible complications associated with enteral nutrition.
8. Identify the possible complications associated with parenteral nutrition