Evidence-based practice for enteral feedings: aspiration prevention strategies, bedside detection, and practice change.
Nurses questioned the hospital policy of using blue dye in all enteral feedings. A project team gathered and disseminated information from the literature and national practice benchmarks. Hospital policy and nursing practice were revised according to the evidence-based information.
Fellows
L S
LS
Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
Miller
E H
EH
Frederickson
M
M
Bly
B
B
Felt
P
P
D019985:Benchmarking; D015400:Clinical Nursing Research; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D004750:Enteral Nutrition / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D008751:Methylene Blue; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D011015:Pneumonia, Aspiration / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D017749:Total Quality Management
D008751:Methylene Blue