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Nurses begin their nutritional assessment when they first see the patient.
This summarized guide lists significant care issues for each type of feeding tube, with special emphasis on placing feeding tubes correctly and maintaining integrity of surrounding skin. A CEU offering. Technical innovations during the last 2 decades have made the procedures more acceptable to patients and a less costly alternative to parenteral nutrition. Improvements on conventional techniques continue as investigators and clinicians search for ways to make procedures safer, less expensive, and more definitive. Traditional, less traditional, and experimental practices are outlined in this summary.