title: Tube feeding: administration tips.
abstract: This second of two articles on enteral nutrition discusses the basics of tube feedings, including the types of tubes that are used, when to start a feeding, and some common complications that develop in patients--aspiration and diarrhea chief among them.
authors.affiliation: University of Minnesota School of Nursing, Minneapolis, USA.
authors.forename: D Z
authors.initials: DZ
authors.lastname: Bliss
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lehmann
mesh_terms: D004750:Enteral Nutrition / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods* / Q000451:nursing*; D006801:Humans; D007441:Intubation, Gastrointestinal / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D018579:Patient Selection