This is the best G-tube feeding instructional video I’ve seen. “That Nurse Prof” is obviously a “natural born teacher”. I hope she gets a position in a nursing school. Nursing needs good teachers like this!
My dad is being discharged from a nursing home soon & the staff were to 'train' us as caregivers on how to administer the meds & do tube feeding. Your 8 min video was FAAAR more informative and helpful than what was provided to me at the facility. So very terrified and don't really feel confident I can do this but I'm going to try. Thank you so much for creating this video!
Although i have been an LPN for 18 years, it's been in a clinical setting. Due to cutbacks, I lost my job of 18 years. I decided to try LTC against other nurses' advice. One of the nurses told me to look at this channel. I see why. Thank you so much. It's only been 6 days of orientation, but I am certain that LTC is not so bad.
Can you combine 2 or 3 medications to have in one shot? For example: Some medications say to have in the morning after breakfast... So can I crush those meds together and give at once? Thank you in advance for your reply
In the real world some nurses may choose to do this but what I am showing is the official recommended way to do administer these medications. I would advise not mixing medications.
If someone could answer me fast that would be great. I have alot of eating problems due to acid indigestion, I can only swallow liquids and I was wondering. Does a G-Tube hurt and is it more comfortable than a tube that goes in you're nose?
initial placement may be painful and uncomfortable for a few days. However, patients normally don't complain about discomfort after a week or so. It's a good option for people who need for a longer time vs people who only need it for a couple days. you would of course still be liquid dependent as all feeds are liquid and medications are dissolved. I'm not sure if it answers your question.
I have a gtube and at first it was extremely painful in the muscles around the tube area. But now I don’t even know it’s there most of the time… unless I decide to get up and walk away while connected lol like a slingshot.
I was always told by my surgeon as well as the interventional radiology doctor's never crush medication and put them through tubes, unless it's liquid form as stated. They said it doesn't matter how much you try to dissolve the crushed medication, over time it acts like calcium and builds up in the tube clotting it causing the patient to go through another procedure just to replace it. I try doing it this way but I added more water to be on the safe side and overtime my tube started to clot. I confused by medical people saying Yes, it's perfectly fine and No, don't allow it... How do you know what the right way is? Do you or don't you crush meds in tubes?
@@thatnursingprof2661 wish we could live in a perfect world sometimes or at least have access to better options, lol. We all make do with what we got, thats for sure. ❤
Not all tubes have three ports, some patients may have the middle one being used for a tube feeding. It really all depends on the type of set up, but in general its ok to use either.
What feed rate does this bolus setup give? Looks like a huge volume for a patient that is on pump feed already and maybe close to their maximum tolerated feed rate.
I wouldn't have mixed the medication with the syringe tip, you're chancing cross contaminating each medication like that and yes while they are going in the same patient, if medications can't be mixed together you could cause harm to the patient.
You shouldn't state that capsules can be opened and mixed with water. Most should not be opened. Always check with the pharmacy or physician before opening capsules.
@@riorio-rt1oqYou would call the provider to get a script for a liquid form of the med, for example, if the capsule cannot be opened (can't be opened if it's extended release form).