Nursing assessment of patients requiring enteral and gastric feeding tubes: An exploratory approach
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Leckey, Jill. Nursing Assessment of Patients Requiring Enteral and Gastric Feeding Tubes: An Exploratory Approach. 2015. https://doi.org/10.17615/4sc3-9v53APA
Leckey, J. (2015). Nursing assessment of patients requiring enteral and gastric feeding tubes: An exploratory approach. https://doi.org/10.17615/4sc3-9v53Chicago
Leckey, Jill. 2015. Nursing Assessment of Patients Requiring Enteral and Gastric Feeding Tubes: An Exploratory Approach. https://doi.org/10.17615/4sc3-9v53- Last Modified
- February 26, 2019
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Leckey, Jill
- Affiliation: School of Nursing
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- Gastric and enteral feeding tubes have been used for people with an intact gastrointestinal tract to enhance nutritional intake and to prevent or treat malnutrition when the expected time of use is greater than four weeks (Verhoef & Van Rosendaal, 2014; White & King, 2014). Considered to be a safe intervention, the placing of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube (PEG), a common type of feeding tube, has a successful placement rate of nearly 95% (Verhoef & Van Rosendaal, 2014). The majority of deaths of those with feeding tubes are attributable to the patient’s underlying medical co-morbidities and not the tube or tube placement itself (Rahnemai-Azar, Rahnemaiazar, Naghshizadian, Kurtz, & Farkas (2014). A variety of gastric and enteral feeding tubes exist, and the choice of which type of tube to use is usually determined by the health care needs of the patient (White & King, 2014). Currently, little information exists in the literature regarding how nurses assess, intervene, and advocate for patients as they experience physical and psychosocial challenges which are specific to these invasive medical devices. To understand the ways in which nurses could be more helpful to and supportive of this patient population, a survey was designed to elicit preliminary data from patients who were currently, or had recently been treated, with a feeding tube. This survey, distributed through online social media groups, was used to gather data on the feelings and challenges that these patients experience. A total of 66 patients completed the survey. This survey specifically examines nurse behaviors that patients identify as actually or potentially helpful in dealing with the physical, emotional, social, and logistical aspects of living life with a feeding tube in place. The survey aims to help determine how nurses can intervene and provide more holistic and appropriate care for this patient population. The results of the survey revealed that while some patients reported having been cared for by nurses who were well-educated in regards to feeding tubes and believed that their nurses were caring and compassionate, a greater number of respondents expressed that their nurses were less informed regarding feeding tubes and less able to provide help with the emotional challenges that these patients present. With these results, further investigation is needed to assess how nurses can better support patients with feeding tubes and better identify the successful and transformative interventions that would be helpful to this patient population.
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- spring 2015
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- Raphael-Grimm, Theresa
- Davis, Suja
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- Bachelor of Science
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- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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