Learner Assessment

Blending Brilliance: Mastering Administration & Troubleshooting of Whole Food Blenderized Tube Feedings
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Question 1: What factors should be considered before starting a patient on a blenderized tube feeding? (choose all that apply)
Reference: Epp L., et al. Blenderized tube feedings: Practice recommendations from the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition. Nutr Clin Pract. 2023;1-30.
Question 2: What are the maximum hang times for homemade blenderized formulas & commercial blenderized formulas?
Reference: Epp L., et al. Blenderized tube feedings: Practice recommendations from the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition. Nutr Clin Pract. 2023;1-30.
Question 3: True or False: When administering a homemade or commercially available blenderized tube feeding, it is best to give the formula cold?
Reference: Epp L., et al. Blenderized tube feedings: Practice recommendations from the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition. Nutr Clin Pract. 2023;1-30.
Question 4: Why is there a growing interest in blenderized tube feedings?
References: Hron B., et al. Health Outcomes and Quality of Life Indices of Children Receiving Blenderized Feeds via Enteral Tube. J Pediatr. 2019;211:139-145.
Epp L., et al. Use of Blenderized Tube Feeding in Adult and Pediatric Home Enteral Nutrition Patients. Nutr Clin Pract. 2017;32:201-205.
Question 5: In a prospective cross-sectional study by Hurt et al. (2015), what % of adult patients receiving home enteral nutrition reported using blenderized tube feeding (either solely or partially as part of their tube feeding regimen)?
Reference: Hurt R., et al. Blenderized Tube Feeding Use in Adult Home Enteral Nutrition Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study. Nutr Clin Pract. 2015;30(6):824-829.
Question 6: What are some of the proposed mechanisms/explanations for why blenderized tube feedings may be better tolerated?
Reference: Walker S., et al. Blenderized food tube feeding in very young pediatric patients with special healthcare needs. Nutr Clin Pract. 2023;1-8.
Question 7: True or False: Blenderized tube feedings should be used with a small bore gravity bag.
Reference: Epp L., et al. Blenderized tube feedings: Practice recommendations from the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition. Nutr Clin Pract. 2023;1-30.

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