Enteral nutrition (EN) is used to supplement adequate nutrition to a client who cannot take in adequate calories and nutrients orally. Research studies have shown what about enteral nutrition?
A) It is better than parenteral nutrition.
B) It reduces length of hospital stay.
C) It does not reduce length of hospital stay.
D) It reduces mortality.
C
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Ill adult clients who receive EN experience less septic morbidity and fewer infectious complications than clients who receive parenteral nutrition. EN costs less; however, it has not been proven to impact mortality, and there is little evidence that EN reduces the length of hospital stay.
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