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===Supporting a Hypothesis - Delayed Tube Feeds=== | ===Supporting a Hypothesis - Delayed Tube Feeds=== | ||
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Community ICU nurse Frank has observed that the start of tube feeding for intubated patients is often delayed. The problem he observes is not a matter of neglect but of competing priorities. | |||
Sometimes there is uncertainty about whether further invasive tests might require the patient to have an empty stomach. At other times there is hope that the patient will be extubated soon, so tube feeding won’t be required. | Sometimes there is uncertainty about whether further invasive tests might require the patient to have an empty stomach. At other times there is hope that the patient will be extubated soon, so tube feeding won’t be required. | ||