A client is scheduled to begin intermittent enteral feedings. The ...

[theo]

A client is scheduled to begin intermittent enteral feedings. The nurse explains the procedure and evaluates that the client has understood the information when the client states, My feeding will take 30 to _____ minutes to complete.
 
  Standard Text: Record your answer rounding to the nearest whole number.
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

The nurse anticipates that parenteral nutrition will be used to meet the nutritional needs of:
 
  1. a client with a nonfunctioning GI tract.
  2. a client in a comatose state.
  3. a client receiving radiation therapy to the neck.
  4. a client with HIV-AIDS.

[jgranad15]

Answer to Question 1

Correct Answer: 60
Rationale: Intermittent feedings are administered every 3 to 6 hours and take 30 to 60 minutes to infuse.
Global Rationale: Intermittent feedings are administered every 3 to 6 hours and take 30 to 60 minutes to infuse.

Answer to Question 2

Correct Answer: 1
Rationale 1: A client with a nonfunctioning GI tract is a candidate for parenteral, but not enteral, nutrition.
Rationale 2: A client in a comatose state is a candidate for enteral nutrition.
Rationale 3: A client receiving radiation therapy to the neck is a candidate for enteral nutrition.
Rationale 4: A client with HIV-AIDS is a candidate for enteral nutrition.
Global Rationale: A client with a nonfunctioning GI tract is a candidate for parenteral, but not enteral, nutrition. The other patients may benefit from enteral nutrition. There is not enough information about these cases to determine if parenteral nutrition is required.

[theo]

Both answers were spot on, thank you once again

[jgranad15]

Great! Please up vote