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Tube Feeding: Practical Guidelines and Nursing Protocols

Author(s): Peggi Guenter, PhD, RN, CNSN
Marcia Silkroski
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  • ISBN-13: 9780834219397
  • ISBN-10:0834219395
  • Paperback    276 pages      © 2001
Price: International Sales $136.95 US List
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Overview

Tube Feeding: Practical Guidelines and Nursing Protocols is a comprehensive handbook that provides information on how to safely, effectively, and confidently care for patients receiving enteral nutrition. In one convenient reference, you'll find everything you need for positive patient outcomes, including step-by-step techniques based on the most current research and a wide variety of practical tools to save you time and boost quality.  Complication prevention guides, clear illustrations, Internet resources, patient education materials, formula definitions, and information about medications are provided in a quick reference format.

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Chapter 1. Nutrition Screening and Assessment
Chapter 2. Enteral Nutrition Basics
Chapter 3. Enteral Feeding Access Devices
Chapter 4. Nursing Care of Patients with Enteral Feeding Devices
Chapter 5. Tube Feeding Administration
Chapter 6. Medication Administration
Chapter 7. Enteral Nutrition Complications
Chapter 8. Transitional Feeding
Chapter 9. Special Considerations for the Pediatric Patient
Chapter 10. Enteral Nutrition in Alternate Sites: Home Care and Institutional Care
Chapter 11. Improving the Quality of Enteral Nutrition Care
Appendix A. Glossary
Appendix B. Patient Education Resources
Appendix C. Patient Information

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Peggi Guenter, PhD, RN, CNSN

Marcia Silkroski

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  • "Enteral nutrition by tube is the preferred method of feeding for malnourished patients...[and is] associated with potential complications that can only be prevented by appropriate knowledge and training.  Tube Feeding provides this knowledge and the rationale for training expertise.  I recommend it with great enthusiasm."

    --From the Forward by John L. Rombeau, MD, Professor, Department of Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

     

    "This primer will satisfy the hunger of nurses for the most current practice-oriented guidelines for tube feeding.  A 'must-have' reference that nurses will use more than any other reference.  It's an all-in-one guide: practice protocols, trouble-shooting tips, and Internet resources.  It's excellent."

    --Donna Z. Bliss, PhD, RN, CCRN, Associate Professor, University of Minnesota, College of Nursing

     

    "A superb reference to have on hand.  The content is just right for nurses in any setting, with a nice balance of information presented."

    --Carol Kohn-Keeth, DNSc, RN

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