ENTERAL FEEDING: PREVENTING OR MANAGING COMPLICATIONS

Course overview

Enteral feeding is the delivery of enteral nutrition (EN) through a tube to the stomach, duodenum, or jejunum in a patient who has a functioning gastrointestinal (GI) tract but who is unable to meet his or her nutritional needs by oral ingestion or through the nasopharyngeal route. This continuing education module is designed to give the reader/learner an increased understanding of enteral feeding complications in order to better care for patients. Readers may explore any or all of the topics. One contact hour of continuing education credit are available for those who successfully complete the post-test and evaluation form.