A client is to receive enteral nutrition. Which information should the nurse provide to the client and family?
1. "Nutrition can be given either intermittently or continuously."
2. "Your nutrition will be administered through your veins."
3. "Enteral feedings are chosen when you cannot swallow enough to maintain nutrition."
4. "Most enteral feeding consists of thinned pureed food."
5. "Enteral feedings are milk based."
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Rationale 1: Enteral products can be given intermittently by bolus or by continuous drip.
Rationale 2: Parenteral nutrition is administered through the venous system. Enteral nutrition is delivered into the gastrointestinal tract.
Rationale 3: Difficulty swallowing is often the reason enteral feedings are initiated.
Rationale 4: Most enteral feeding is formula based.
Rationale 5: Formulas consist of various combinations of proteins, carbohydrates, and lipids and are not milk based.
Global Rationale: Enteral products can be given intermittently by bolus or by continuous drip. Difficulty swallowing is often the reason enteral feedings are initiated. Parenteral nutrition is administered through the venous system. Enteral nutrition is delivered into the gastrointestinal tract. Most enteral feeding is formula based. Formulas consist of various combinations of proteins, carbohydrates, and lipids and are not milk based.
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