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If you have a patient with a tube feed and some of the food regurgitated, what would your actions be as a nurse?

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You need to be sure that the patient is on an angle to begin with. Head of the bed needs to be put up a bit. Additionally, you need to make sure that the tube is getting flushed with free water as well. And be sure that after medications are given, it is also flushed with water per protocol. Also, you need to see what the drawback amounts are. If more than "XX" amount can be drawn back, usually you call the MD for further orders (and again, per protocol).

Any number of times there's a difficulty when nurses are not monitoring, not giving enough free water, and the tube gets clogged, or the feed is going in too quickly.

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Specializes in Neuro ICU and Med Surg.

Stop the tube feed. Make sure the patient's head of bed is up at least 30 degrees, suction their mouth. Check for residual on feeding tube. If above 3x the rate stop tube feeding and give reglan. (this is our policy) Notify MD of findings. Keep NPO until residuals are down and slowly start feeding again.

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You need to be sure that the patient is on an angle to begin with. Head of the bed needs to be put up a bit. Additionally, you need to make sure that the tube is getting flushed with free water as well. And be sure that after medications are given, it is also flushed with water per protocol. Also, you need to see what the drawback amounts are. If more than "XX" amount can be drawn back, usually you call the MD for further orders (and again, per protocol).

Any number of times there's a difficulty when nurses are not monitoring, not giving enough free water, and the tube gets clogged, or the feed is going in too quickly.

thank you so much for your help:) you are so helpful

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Stop the tube feed. Make sure the patient's head of bed is up at least 30 degrees, suction their mouth. Check for residual on feeding tube. If above 3x the rate stop tube feeding and give reglan. (this is our policy) Notify MD of findings. Keep NPO until residuals are down and slowly start feeding again.

Thank you so much for your input:) really appreciate it:)

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Get your facts straight and keep to your own forum if you dont want to answer or help out.

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this forum is for getting help and opinions from other nurses. and honestly if you dont want to give your opinion then dont bother answer any questions. Just shows how you selfish in sharing your knowledge.

P.s: its not for my homework its something i have been wondering. Get your facts straight and keep to your own forum if you dont want to answer or help out.

When it comes to sharing knowledge and assisting students on this forum GrnTea is one of the most unselfish people on here along with Esme. What is asked is that the person who is posting does post what their thoughts are. From there members can help if you are on the right track or explain something that you are not understanding.

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this forum is for getting help and opinions from other nurses. and honestly if you dont want to give your opinion then dont bother answer any questions. Just shows how you selfish in sharing your knowledge.

P.s: its not for my homework its something i have been wondering. Get your facts straight and keep to your own forum if you dont want to answer or help out.

While not what you wanted, what GrnTea gave you is excellent advice and will prepare you for not only succeeding in nursing school but also when you begin practicing as a licensed nurse. One of the best ways to answer questions is to know where to look for answers. Sure, you can come to an anonymous website and post questions, but how can you verify that any answers you receive are the correct ones? Attacking those who guide you in the right direction by calling them selfish instead of taking their advice to heart is only going to hurt you in the long run.

Might I also suggest instead of titling your post as "nursing" that you utilize a descriptive title? Doing so might get you better responses as some members simply scroll past titles that don't explain the post.

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