A nationwide survey of long-term care facilities to determine the characteristics of medication administration through enteral feeding catheters

Nutrition in Clinical Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 354-362

  Seifert, Charles F ^a   Johnston, Barbara A ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM SALT; LANSOPRAZOLE; LAXATIVE; OMEPRAZOLE; PHENYTOIN; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; PROTEIN; SUCRALFATE; VITAMIN; DRUG;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ENTERIC FEEDING; FEEDING APPARATUS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; NURSE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNITED STATES; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIGESTIVE TRACT INTUBATION; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTE; DRUG THERAPY; INDWELLING CATHETER; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DATA COLLECTION; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTES; DRUG THERAPY; ENTERAL NUTRITION; HUMANS; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL; LONG-TERM CARE; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 32944476707     PISSN: 08845336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0115426505020003354     Document Type: Article

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