Please answer the following questions and use the scenario to answer the following questions.

Question Answered step-by-step Please answer the following questions and use the scenario to answer the following questions.Scenario ; Your patient is a 45 year old male with a gastrostomy tube inserted because he has esophageal cancer. He is on intermittent feeds of Jevity 200 ml q3h via gravity feed.1.    What assessment should you make for your patient prior to administering the feed?  2.   How can you determine correct placement of the tube?  3.   What position should you have your patient at during and after the tube feed?  4.   How much fluid you do irrigate the tube with prior to each feeding?  5.   What checks do you perform prior to setting up the feed?  6.   How do you irrigate the tube at the end of each feeding?  7.   Your patient is on intermittent feeds rather than continuous. What are some of the potential reasons for this decision?  8.   What are some signs that may indicate that the patient is not tolerating his tube feedings?  9.   How do you determine the rate that the feed should go through (note the feed will go through over 3 hours)? Set up the feeding at this rate.  10. What documentation should you record and where? Health Science Science Nursing NURSING 3QQ3 Share QuestionEmailCopy link Comments (0)