Which of the following is a nurse's role in providing nutritional support to clients in their final stages of Alzheimer's disease?
A) Administering vitamin supplements as prescribed
B) Providing gastrostomy tube feedings
C) Administering IV infusions
D) Providing tube feedings through a Dobbhoff in the nose
B
Feedback:
Clients in the later stages of Alzheimer's disease are unable to swallow or do not know what to do when food is placed in their mouths. When such a situation occurs, a nurse offers nutritional support by providing percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube feedings and not tube feedings through the nose. Nasogastric feedings lead to a higher risk for aspiration in a client who already has a high risk. Administering vitamin supplements as prescribed may be difficult under such situations and administering IV infusions may be essential when prescribed by the physician.
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