Providing optimal nursing care for patients undergoing enteral feeding
Enteral feeding is defined as the intake of food directly into the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. Enteral feeding tubes can also be used to administer medicines. Patients who may require enteral feeding include those who are unconscious, or those with neurological swallowing disorders, upper GI obstru...
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Royal College of Nursing
2020
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| Online Access: | https://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/5691/1/McLaren-and-Arbuckle.pdf |