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Enteral Feedings Guide, Study notes of Nursing

Lamar Community CollegeNursing

Guide to setting up and running enteral feedings. Things to know before, during and after, and safety concerns. Nursing fundamentals MaryAnn Turner

Typology: Study notes

2021/2022

Uploaded on 03/29/2026

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Enteral nutrition NG tube study guide
What can be delegated and what cannot
Body mass index, what do the normal mean. BMI of certain number
might calculate to what. Overweight, obese, etc
Terminology- dysphagia
Assessment finding of malnourished patient
Enteral feeding steps
How do measure for NG and J tube and what is the difference
What will you do with an intermittent gastric tube and how is that
different from a bolus feeding and the process of both
Intermittent tube feeding and pulmonary aspiration and risk
assessment for that
Medication delivered via tube
Residual volume during feedings and monitoring that. Overload or not
enough for feedings
Skills check off of NG tube insertion. Positioning check patency etc.
Study rationales in skills book
Review stylet tube insertion. Tube with wire inside
Gastric aspirate pH and what it should look like
Nasogastric irrigate, proper amounts and how to preform it
Wound Care Study Guide
Healing intentions and the differences (primary, secondary, tertiary)
How do you prepare patient for wound care (assessment and
planning)?
Proper irrigation of a wound (soft tipped catheter for deep cleanse)
Change the surgical dressing how do you cleanse the wound correctly
Why do you irrigate wounds?
How do you obtain a culture from a wound?
Evaluating a surgical wound, how do you know if sutures and staples
should remain in place or be removed
Suture and staple removal
Selecting a wound dressing
When do you empty a drain?
When do you clean a drain opening in the skin?
Ways a wound heals (inflammation, granulation etc.) Stages of healing
How do we treat dehiscence and evisceration? And the differences
oDehiscence occurs when an incision fails to heal properly, and the layers of skin and
tissue separate. It involves abdominal surgical wounds and occurs after a sudden
strain such as coughing, vomiting, or sitting up in bed.
oEvisceration is seen when vital organs protrude through a wound opening
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Enteral nutrition NG tube study guide  What can be delegated and what cannot  Body mass index, what do the normal mean. BMI of certain number might calculate to what. Overweight, obese, etc  Terminology- dysphagia  Assessment finding of malnourished patient  Enteral feeding steps  How do measure for NG and J tube and what is the difference  What will you do with an intermittent gastric tube and how is that different from a bolus feeding and the process of both  Intermittent tube feeding and pulmonary aspiration and risk assessment for that  Medication delivered via tube  Residual volume during feedings and monitoring that. Overload or not enough for feedings  Skills check off of NG tube insertion. Positioning check patency etc. Study rationales in skills book  Review stylet tube insertion. Tube with wire inside  Gastric aspirate pH and what it should look like  Nasogastric irrigate, proper amounts and how to preform it Wound Care Study Guide  Healing intentions and the differences (primary, secondary, tertiary)  How do you prepare patient for wound care (assessment and planning)?  Proper irrigation of a wound (soft tipped catheter for deep cleanse)  Change the surgical dressing how do you cleanse the wound correctly  Why do you irrigate wounds?  How do you obtain a culture from a wound?  Evaluating a surgical wound, how do you know if sutures and staples should remain in place or be removed  Suture and staple removal  Selecting a wound dressing  When do you empty a drain?  When do you clean a drain opening in the skin?  Ways a wound heals (inflammation, granulation etc.) Stages of healing  How do we treat dehiscence and evisceration? And the differences o Dehiscence occurs when an incision fails to heal properly, and the layers of skin and tissue separate. It involves abdominal surgical wounds and occurs after a sudden strain such as coughing, vomiting, or sitting up in bed. o Evisceration is seen when vital organs protrude through a wound opening

 How do you assess for hemorrhages and what kind of dressing are effective for it?  What do you do when a dressing is stuck?  Concept about moisture in the wound. Weeping wound and dry wounds and dressing for each  What is a wet to dry dressing used for?  Purposes of dressings, dry, wet, pressure etc.  Wet to dry dressing process  Transparent film dressing for?  Different types of dressings and what they look like  How do you wrap gauze bandages, how to you wrap for different areas?  Why do you use binders?  What wound care can be delegated to a CAN  Nursing interventions to decreased developments of pressure injuries  Risk for pressure injury formation  How do you document progression of decubitus ulcer?  Staging wounds  What healing is associated with chronic ulcers  Early sign for wound dehiscence  What lab is important to check when treating with decubitus ulcer?  What nutrient is important in healing?  Troubleshooting drainage tubes  Braden scale  What do you do first to decrease risk of pressure injuries?  How to promote skin integrity in different types of patients (strokes, etc.)  Why do you ever use an abdominal binder? SATA  How does the skin defend the body?  Phases of healing  Risk factors for dehiscence  Functions of dressings  Wounds by secondary intentions  Abdominal binder; what is expected behavior for nurse caring for this patient  Surgical incision that eviscerates, what do you do  Skin assessment which nursing questions should be included  Potential skin breakdown, what components do you look at  Type of dressing and what it’s used for (matching) Study guide Chapter 42  Know compartments (Intracellular, extracellular, transcellular, intravascular) and know what compartments are affected for dehydration or fluid overload etc.