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Avoiding Medication Errors with Tube Feeding

Tube feeding may be needed as a long term way of delivering nutrition at home. Family members may be expected to be knowledgeable about how to give medications through a tube. If you are involved in giving medications to a … Continue reading

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The Risks of Tube Feeding

Your father is in the hospital after suffering a stroke. He is not alert enough to be able to swallow. Here are some ways he can be fed: • High calorie intravenous nutrition • A naso gastric tube that is … Continue reading

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