17.7 Learning Activities

Learning Activities

(Answers to “Learning Activities” can be found in the “Answer Key” at the end of the book. Answers to interactive activity elements will be provided within the element as immediate feedback.)

1. As you are administering tube feeding to your patient, they complain of feeling full. What is the next step to take?

  1. Continue with administering the tube feeding.
  2. Stop the tube feeding and check the gastric residual.
  3. Stop the tube feeding and waste the remaining feeding.
  4. Slow or stop the infusion based on the patient’s response.

 

Video Review of Tube Feeding Calculations[1]

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Test your clinical judgment with an NCLEX Next Generation-style question: Chapter 17, Assignment 1.

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Test your clinical judgment with an NCLEX Next Generation-style question: Chapter 17, Assignment 2.

  1. RegisteredNurseRN. (2020, May 18). Tube feeding nursing calculations problems dilution enteral [Video]. YouTube. All rights reserved. Video used with permission. https://youtu.be/CwfJ-sQ-xOQ ↵

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