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Tazate

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Every time you administer an intermittent supplemental enteral feeding through a feeding tube what must you do after?
 
  a. Run tap water through the tube until time for the next feeding.
  b. Flush the feeding tube completely to prevent clogging of the tube.
  c. Check the stomach for residual enteral feeding in the stomach.
  d. Get an abdominal x-ray to ensure that the feeding tube is correctly placed.

Question 2

A patient is to be discharged to home with a continuous supplemental enteral feeding through a feeding tube. The spouse of the patient asks how much feeding to hang. What is your best response?
 
  a. Hang enough for 12 hours.
  b. Hang enough for 8 hours.
  c. Hang enough for 4 hours.
  d. Hang enough for 2 hours.


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momolu

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Reply #1 on: Jul 23, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANS: B

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C


Tazate

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Reply 2 on: Jul 23, 2018
Wow, this really help

nathang24

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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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