Presenters: Melissa Cordell, RN, BSN; Caroline Ghanbari, RD, LD, CNSD; Terry M. Lea, RN, BSN
Identify essential data utilized in determining a patient's nutritional status; discuss the appropriateness of oral, tube, or IV feedings for the critically ill patient; State 4 common parental nutrition additives; Identify the benefits of enteral nutrition vs. parental nutrition; Recognize the potential complication in tube-fed patients; Describe the 4 methods of formula administration.
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