- Apply a sterile dressing daily
- Cleanse the skin with soap and water and apply a skin barrier
- Increase the feeding rate to flush the tube
- Remove the tube immediately
Category: Applied Nutrition
- High-fiber diet
- Low-residue diet
- High-fat diet
- Regular diet with dairy
- Check blood glucose level
- Verify tube placement by X-ray
- Administer a bowel stimulant
- Elevate the head of the bed to 15 degrees
- Administer antihistamines
- Assess for airway obstruction
- Offer a small amount of water
- Document the dietary intake
- Offer hot, greasy foods to soothe the stomach
- Encourage large meals three times a day
- Provide small, frequent, bland meals and cold foods
- Force fluids during meals
- Grilled chicken and steamed vegetables
- Oatmeal with skim milk
- High-sugar dessert and a large glass of water
- Whole-grain bread with peanut butter
- High protein, high sodium
- Low protein, unrestricted sodium
- High carbohydrate, high fat
- Sodium restriction and fluid management
- Apple juice
- Honey
- Mashed bananas
- Rice cereal
- Red meats
- High-sodium processed foods
- Fruits, vegetables, and low-fat dairy
- Sugary desserts
- Fluid overload
- Hyperglycemia
- Refeeding syndrome
- Hypocalcemia
- Potato chips
- Soda
- Apple slices with peanut butter
- Candy bar
- Eat large amounts of single protein sources
- Consume only soy products
- Combine complementary proteins (e.g., rice and beans) within the same day
- Focus only on vegetable protein sources
- Spinach and milk
- Beef liver and orange juice
- Eggs and coffee
- Lentils and tea
- Eat large, infrequent meals
- Advise consuming carbonated beverages with meals
- Suggest eating small, frequent meals with nutrient-dense foods
- Encourage eating quickly to minimize exertion
- The formula is too cold or infused too quickly
- The patient is constipated
- The tube is dislodged
- The patient has an allergy to the formula
- Vitamin B1 (Thiamine)
- Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine)
- Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin)
- Folic Acid
