feeding

[fēd´ing]

1. the taking of food.

2. the giving of food.

3. in the nursing interventions classification, a nursing intervention defined as providing nutritional intake for a patient who is unable to feed self.

artificial feeding feeding of a baby with food other than mother's milk.

bottle feeding in the nursing interventions classification, a nursing intervention defined as preparation and administration of fluids to an infant via a bottle.

breast feeding breastfeeding.

enteral tube feeding in the nursing interventions classification, a nursing intervention defined as delivering nutrients and water through a gastrointestinal tube.

forced feeding administration of food by force to those who cannot or will not receive it.

intravenous feeding administration of nutrient fluids through a vein; see also intravenous infusion and parenteral nutrition.

feeding procedures in the omaha system, any method of giving food or fluid, including breast, formula, intravenous, or tube.

supplemental feeding a planned additional food or nutrient that is added to the usual diet, often as a powder, formula, or tablet.

tube feeding see tube feeding.

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Cooperation and appropriate nursing care were more likely to occur when nurses had knowledge of enteral tube feedings and patient care, an explicit understanding of their nursing responsibilities in caring for the patient, and commitment to patient-related care.

Is your feeding tube clogged? Maintenance of gastrostomy and gastrojejunostomy tubes

Outcomes associated with enteral tube feedings in a medical intensive care unit.

Improving nutrition in mechanically ventilated patients

[20.] Sneed RC, Morgan WT: Interference of oral phenytoin absorption by enteral tube feedings. Arah Phys Med Rehabil 1988; 69(9):682-684.

Serum phenytoin levels of patients on gastrostomy tube feeding

Factors associated with nosocomial diarrhea in patients with enteral tube feeding. Nutrition Hospitalaria, 23(5), 500-504.

The percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube: a nurse's guide to PEG tubes

An expansion on initial enteral tube feeding verification methods is provided.

Maintaining placement of temporary enteral feeding tubes in adults: a critical appraisal of the evidence

Clinical use of gastric residual volumes as a monitor for patients on enteral tube feeding. Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, 26(Suppl.

Enteral nutrition: an update on practice recommendations

A rule of thumb is to provide 30 to 35 ml of fluid per kilo gram of body weight per day, or 1 ml of fluid per calorie fed for patients receiving enteral tube feeding (Campbell & Hall, 1997).

Pressure Ulcer Management: The Importance of Nutrition

Infustion protocol improves delivery of enteral tube feeding in the critical care unit.

Measurement of Gastric Residual Volume: State of the Science

Table 3 provides a list of indications and contraindications for enteral tube feeding.

Bridging the gap: hospital to home nutrition support

Enteral tube feeding products come in a variety of forms and sizes, with at least 90 different types commercially available.

Adult tube feeding formulas

Answers ranged from 100 to 300 millimeters and included a physician who was unsure.The literature was reviewed and an evidence-based guideline for the management of enteral tube feedings was discovered from the American Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN) (Bankhead et al., 2009).

Development of an evidence-based algorithm: to standardize nursing practice in the management of enteral residual volumes in the intensive care unit