Question

which advantages would the nurse associate with starting enteral feedings instead of parenteral feedings through a nasogastric tube for a patient on the intensive care unit (icu)? select all that apply. the enteral feeding have fewer complications

Answer 1

The advantages that the nurse associate with starting enteral feedings are safety, effectiveness, decreased risk of infection, decreased cost, prevents gut atrophy, and preserving the barrier function of the gut.

Parenteral Feeding refers to intravenous nutrition (through a vein). "Outside of the digestive tract" is what "peripheral" means. Parenteral feeding bypasses your whole digestive system, from the mouth to the anus, in contrast to enteral feeding, which is administered through a tube to your stomach or small intestine.

Since enteral feeding is more physiological, simpler, less expensive, and less complex, parenteral feeding is rarely preferred. Even nasogastric feeding needs care because it is one of the trickier enteral nutrition methods, along with gastrostomy and jejunostomy.

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