The nurse is developing a plan of care for a patient who is receiving enteral feedings via gastrostomy tube. Which of the following is the priority nursing diagnosis for the patient?

Risk for aspiration pneumonia. Gastrostomy is a type feeding alternative indicated for patient who has dysphagia or a poor gag reflex. This method delivers the needed nutrition to the patient directly to the stomach. A patient with gastrostomy is at high-risk for aspiration pneumonia, which is a common but serious type of complication of enteral feedings. Other diagnoses may be relevant; however, those may not be as significant as risk for aspiration pneumonia.

The nurse is developing a plan of care for a patient who is recei...

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Difficulty: 5

Topics: Gastrointestinal

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