The Future of Enteral Feeding in the Community The future of enteral feeding in the community will rely on developing a robust multidisciplinary Home Enteral nutrition (HEN) services with collaborative links with social care. This will ensure that delivery of nutrients or medicine straight into the gastrointestinal tract is perform effectively. Medical practitioners recommend that enteral feeding is necessary to the patients that nutritional needs cannot be administer orally. The increasing geriatric
The Use of Technology at the Bedside to Place Feeding Tubes Amy D. Kramer Point Loma Nazarene University Introduction Artificial nutritional support is often necessary to enhance the nutritional status of acutely or critically ill patients. Nasogastric and post-pyloric feeding tubes are relied upon to provide the caloric and nutritional support required. There are approximately 1.2 million feeding tubes placed annually in the United States (Koopmann, Kudsk, & Szotkowski, 2011; Krenitsky,
factors should be considered when administering medications alongside enteral nutrition. The nurse’s main concerns in administering tube feedings and medications after receiving medical orders and feeding schedule are to check for the patient safety, monitoring for complications, comfort, and education. In fact, patient’s safety is the first concern. It’s addressed by many ways before administration of any fluids, medications, or feeding: 1) The nasogastric tube placement (through x-ray, pH testing, aspirate
ventilator support require nutritional supplementation. To support the metabolic processes, healthcare providers address the initiation of feedings within the plan of care (Khalid, Doshi, & DiGiovine, 2010). For therapeutic nutritional support, providers compare the risks and benefits of enteral and parenteral feedings. Following intubation, one goal is to initiate feedings within 24 to 48 hours, to provide optimal patient outcomes, and decrease the risk of ventilator-acquired pneumonia (Ridley, Dietet
Teaching Plan Assessment: Subjective Information: Mother is considering breast feeding as an option, but is unsure of methods and benefits in comparison to bottle feeding. Is unsure about herself and whether or not she will be able to perform necessary tasks required to breast feed successfully. Objective Information: Mother is 34 weeks pregnant, 20 years old, gravida one, para zero, previous smoker who quit after learning of pregnancy at two months. She works part time at a church and baby-sits
While learning does not end when school is out, neither does the need for good nutrition (“Benefits”, n.d.). Good nutrition is very beneficial to children, especially school age children. Not only does it provide nutritional benefits to help with their growth process, it also enhances their learning process. Senate Bill 89 (SB 89), passed in the 83rd regular session, ensure that low income children acquire free meals in the summer when school is not in session. Although, SB 89 ensures nutritious
fluid that provide for the optimal absorption of iron. This milk also “protects the gut from harmful bacteria and assists in digestion of fat” (Dermer, Montgomery.) This certain article also talked about how a mother’s own milk will change during a feeding from thirst-quenching to hunger-satisfying. Mothers’ milk also has a variety of flavors because of the changing diet of the mother. Another benefit of breastfeeding, according to Dr. Dermer and Dr. Montgomery has to do with the immune system of
Force Feeding Anorexic Patients: Is This Practice Doing More Harm Than Good? One of my high school best friends was diagnosed with anorexia my junior year of high school. Her condition was not severe, but still very serious because it led her to attempt to kill herself. After coming back to school from being in a mental health institution, she had gained weight from being forced to eat and was more than ever determined to lose the weight that she had gained. Clearly, being forced to eat made her
Lending a Helping Hand There have always been organizations that provide help for the needy. Now the economy is going through a downward spiral giving these institutions a greater importance in helping the lives of those who need it. Miami County residents have seen firsthand that some people who live in this area really need the help. The statistical evidence shows that Miami County, Indiana is being affected by the economy. The average salary of a resident in Peru, Indiana ends up being $28,487
Introduction This week’s competency is no. 7 - A competent nurse practices relationship-centered care (OCNE, 2013). This week I was at the medical floor at Mercy and the client I focused on was someone with several complications, not to mention unable to speak for himself and confined to his bed. I was very interested in his profile and I thought it was my opportunity to challenge myself. Using the competency between the client and myself was difficult because of the situation, however, I was
employed her was to breast feed Juliet. The Nurse was perfect for the job because she had just lost her little baby Susan, and The Nurse will now have unwanted breast milk that is ideal for Juliet as Lady Capulet does not want the role of breast feeding. The relationship between The Nurse and Juliet is like a mother daughter relationship, she is like Juliet surrogate mother towards Juliet. The Nurse possesses many qualities. For example, she is very hearty towards Juliet, kind, protective, compassionate
affiliated with the Weinberg Regional Food Bank, which serves as their coordiantor and distrubuter. Through the Weinburg Regional Food Bank the program at Ruth’s Place is allfiated with the Commission on Economic Opportunity, and exists as a subsidiary of Feeding America and the Pennsylvania Association of Regional Food Banks (Commission on Economic Opportunity [CEO], 2014). As such, there are two mission statements that govern the pantry operations at Ruth’s Place. In the first instance, they uphold the Weinberg
BACKGROUND: FEEDING AMERICA According to the “Hunger and Poverty Fact Sheet” on Feeding America’s website, in 2014 there were over 48 million Americans living in food insecure households, which included 32 million adults and 15 million children. For over 35 years, Feeding America continues to be in the forefront in solving this crisis by providing food to people in need through a nationwide network of food banks. In the late 1960s, Van Hengel established the nation’s first food bank and years later
them because they know that they will be able to carry children. Being fat resembles fertility. The video focuses on one family in particular. In this family gavage otherwise known as force feeing is practiced. The video shows the mother force-feeding her 5-year-old daughter, and you can tell that they child does not want to eat or drink anymore because she is crying. However, the mother wants her to drink her whole bowl of milk. It does not matter that the girl is full; her mother is determined
Title: Grapes of Wrath: Questions and Answers What are the chief reasons for the mass migration to California? I believe that the primary reasons for the mass migration to California were poverty and the desire for a better life. The people in Oklahoma were struggling to make ends meet and barely had enough to survive. They worked long hours on farms and received little compensation for their hard work. This made them frustrated and unhappy. Additionally, the Joad family, who were proud and wanted
The Joy of Smoking Cigarettes The side of smoking that is rarely published will be explored in this paper. The side that only a smoker knows, not the side the governments and health agencies provide the news media with. This information is valuable because it is not very well exposed to the world. This essay will answer the question, “Why do you smoke cigarettes?”. Smoking can be very fun. Smoking is a good way to kick back during work. Smoking can actually be a reward, and a reward that
Meat Eating, Money Hungry World The next time you go to sit down and enjoy a nice juicy steak, take a moment to think about how that piece of meat came from a cow and became your rib eye steak. Many people in our nation have no idea where their food comes from, what exactly is in the food they consume, and the effects it has on their health and the health of our environment. This is largely due to the industrialized, factory farming way of producing our meat and poultry. It has left our bodies
machine do all the work instead of humans. Animal production has gone so far from the traditional methods of farming that the government no longer refers to these operations as farms. They are now called “Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations” (CAFO). A Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) is defined according to the number of animals
analyse the changes in the health and social care and the impacts on enteral feeding in the community. There have been several changes in health and social care for the last 10 years and the changes have improved service provision to meet the need of patient and that has brought about the introduction of the Health and Social Care Act, 2012 (Ono O. 2011. The developments in health and social care have had an impact in enteral feeding in community services and the changes in health and social care are
the adult intensive care unit, the patients who are mechanically ventilated with a need for enteral nutrition will be the population in question. The intervention is the use of small bowel enteral feedings, and the control is the feeding route via a gastric tube. The intervention and the control are the two aspects one wishes to compare. The outcome in question is decreased aspiration of enteral feedings. The research question can be stated as the following: In the adult intensive care unit, with