Enteral feeding

Service learning, volunteerism, and community service are similar since they offer help with the needs of the environment to society or communities. While working on those needs, we get to learn and gain not only knowledge, but a formation of moral and civic values. By performing service learning, volunteerism, or a community service, we have the opportunity to interact with people who failed to get a job that month, people who do not have sufficient resources, and with members of communities…

There is a great amount of injustices are happening all around us as we speak and we are aware of maybe half of them. For example, In America you have to have been charged with a crime to be in prison. Tariq Ba Odah has been imprisoned since 2002 without charge. Many changes have occurred since his arrest, police injustice towards him, and attempts to close Guantanamo. Tariq Ba Odah may die in Guantanamo if he soon isn’t released. He has been on a hunger strike for eight years now and is in a…

Originally, Feeding America was founded in Chicago, Illinois in 1979 by a guy named John Van Hengel. It was his idea to to build a company that would help families and people in need of food. But this idea didn 't just pop up, he witnessed a tragedy that later gave him the idea of building a food bank. According the the website of Feeding America, John Van Hengel (the founder) a retired businessman, was volunteering at a soup kitchen feeding the needed. One day, he saw there…

The morning of November 9th, 2016, citizens of the United States awoke to learn that Donald Trump would be the next President of the United States. Some cried, some cheered, as for me, I felt numb as I sat looking at my phone in disbelief. As I reflected on the past few months, many thoughts rattled around my head and disappeared, but one message remained. Donald Trump didn’t win the election because he knows politics and how to lead the most powerful nation on planet earth, he won the election…

3,900. It may seem like a random number, but it is more powerful than you can think. 3,900 stands for the numbers of meal I and other people in my group was able to offer to other families during my time at the Houston Food Bank. . Located at 535 Portwall St, it is one the biggest food banks. With being one of the biggest food banks and announced food bank of the year for 2015-2016 they have a lot to live up to and they don’t let down. The HFB is leading the way to make sure no kid or adult goes…

Firstly, medical parcationer’s order has to be reviewed regarding the size, type, and purpose of the nasogastric tube. Gather paraphernalia, set up tube feeding or suction apparatus and confirm that it is working properly before inserting the nasogastric tube onto the client. Meantime, it is important to explain the steps to the client to obtain the client’s cooperation during the procedure. Position the…

Discontinuing Force Feeding of an Anorexia Nervosa Patient. "Well and Good -Fourth Edition: A Case Study Approach to Health Care Ethics. 4th ed. New York: Broadway, 2014. 131-135. Print. This is a case study of a patient who suffers from anorexia nervosa and has been force fed for 4 years in order to keep her alive. No improvements in her mental state have been made in this time, despite the many types of therapy have been employed during this time. She objects to the force feeding, but…

The Pros and Cons of Feeding Tubes Feeding tubes are created to provide nutrients to patients who are sick or have swallowing complications. Specifically, they serve as a means of transporting liquid nutritional supplements to patients who cannot take in food or drinks by mouth. Medicine can also be administrated with the use of these medical devices. Generally, the purpose of feeding tubes is to offer the most ill patients or those with serious conditions with a way to obtain nutrients that…

growth without the exposure of fresh air and natural light. Animal cruelty and factory farms have been a hot topic discussed throughout history as it is being a rapidly growing nationwide problem.CAFO stands for concentrated animal feeding operations,it is an animal feeding operation (AFO) that (a) confines animals for more than 45 days during a growing season, (b) in an area that does not produce vegetation, and (c) meets certain size as it is defined on Wikipedia.The CAFOs and the factory…

jejunal for short-term feeding is preferred route. . However, for long-term, gastrostomy tube inserted endoscopically or jejuostomy tube surgically inserted are also preferred .Nasogastric route is not preferred for short-term due to risk of aspiration. Mr. J was admitted due to pneumonia, he requires intubation and says that when he tries to swallow, food gets caught in his throat. This means he is at risk of aspiration. In addition, enteral feeding is preferred to parenteral feeding due to…