care Enteral feeding Reducing healthcare-associated infections in Primary care trusts; Mental health trusts; Learning disability organisations; Independent healthcare; Care homes; Hospices; GP practices and Ambulance services. Aim To reduce the risk of infection associated with enteral feeding Risk elements • Preparation and storage of feeds • Administration of feeds • Care of insertion site and enteral feeding tube • Preventing the spread of infection Context Enteral feeding means using
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artificial nutrition and hydration as a form of life support is one decision that some people have to make. I feel that tube feedings‚ while okay for short term use are fine‚ but they should not be used as a form of long term care because the risks outweigh the benefits of having a feeding tube. A tube feeding is a medical procedure that people can accept or deny. Feeding tubes provide a chemically balanced mix of nutrients and fluid to those who are unable to swallow‚ eat‚ or drink enough nutrition
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REFLECTIVE ESSAY ON PEG FEEDING This essay discusses a clinical skill in which I have become competent during my placement in care home. I will use a reflective model to discuss how I achieved the necessary level of competence. Reflection can make a sense of the familiar and taken for granted situations and is an important human activity‚ in which people capture their experience‚ think about it and evaluate it (Driscoll‚ 1994). Here I have used the Gibbs model of reflection which includes description
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attempted force-feeding was of a 32-year-old former medical student from Whales‚ known as “E”. She had a BMI of 11-12‚ while the normal BMI is 18-25. She did not want to die‚ but she did not want to be fed. The second case was of an anorexic known as “L”. She too‚ did not want to die but she stated that her severe anorexia did not allow her to eat. (Cite #1) B. Force-feeding or starving to death? This is an appalling choice‚ but it is a choice. Force-feeding is the practice of feeding a person against
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Chapter 2 Forces To study the effect of forces acting on particles. 2.1 Equilibrium of a Particle 2.2 Free Body Diagram 2.3 Force Vectors 2.4 Forces in a Plane 2.5 Forces in Space Expected Outcomes • Understand the condition for a particle to be in static equilibrium • Able to construct free body diagrams • Able to solve for the forces acting on a static particle 2.1 Equilibrium of a Particle www.classical.com/features 2.1.1 Condition for the Equilibrium of a Particle
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behind this belief is that the absence or lack thereof‚ of food in the body prevents the brain from possessing important nutrients it needs to function properly. Thus‚ the person is unable to exercise good judgment. In my opinion‚ force-feeding a person with anorexia would probably be the most effective measure in order to cure them. Though some might consider this approach inhumane‚ I believe that life is a gift and should be put first above all else. A person who believes herself to
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However there is evidence in his speech that shows that he feels a little bit of sympathy for the Suffragettes. This is shown when he says “force feeding is not a punishment”. This shows that he doesn’t want any harm to come to the Suffragettes and he wants them to be well‚ but the idea of force feeding come as a last result. As nothing else worked‚ force feeding was a must in making sure that the Suffragettes wouldn’t become very ill or die. 2- The newspaper illustration gives the impression that
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(Abstract) In doing some research in August 22 ‚2006 in the city of Chicago being the first to ban restaurants to sell foie gras‚ a delicacy prepared from goose liver. The gourmet delicacy is prepared by force-feeding ducks and geese to fatten their livers-often to the point of bursting. Force feeding fowl through a funnel inserted in their throats is a blatant example of animal cruelty(302 Business and Society Review). According to the Business and Society Review little protection is afforded to animals
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Force Feeding Anorexics Force feeding anorexics is what I stand for because anorexia causes your body harm. Force feeding can help psychosocially. Doctor are obligated to keep people alive and healthy by any means necessary.(idea 1) “There is no magic cure‚ no making it all go away forever. There are only small steps upward; an easier day‚ an unexpected laugh‚ a mirror that doesn’t matter anymore.” By Laurie Anderson (goodreads 1). Anorexia causes your body harm it is detrimental. Between
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