Implementation of a Bowel Protocol to Improve Enteral Nutrition and Reduce Clostridium difficile Testing | Zendy

J. Wanik | Zendy; Colleen Teevan | Zendy; Lynn Pepin | Zendy; Laura Andrews | Zendy; Linda Dalessio | Zendy; Jennifer Feda | Zendy; Noubar Kevorkian | Zendy; Sharon Weintraub | Zendy

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Implementation of a Bowel Protocol to Improve Enteral Nutrition and Reduce Clostridium difficile Testing

Author(s) -

J. Wanik,

Colleen Teevan,

Lynn Pepin,

Laura Andrews,

Linda Dalessio,

Jennifer Feda,

Noubar Kevorkian,

Sharon Weintraub

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

critical care nurse

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.342

H-Index - 44

eISSN - 1940-8250

pISSN - 0279-5442

DOI - 10.4037/ccn2019304

Subject(s) - medicine , constipation , diarrhea , parenteral nutrition , clostridium difficile , enteral administration , intensive care medicine , intensive care unit , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , biology

Underfeeding is common among adult patients receiving enteral nutrition. Constipation and diarrhea have been associated with low enteral nutrition volume in critically ill patients. In patients with diarrhea, Clostridium difficile is often suspected and tested for, although medications, illness, or enteral formulas are usually the cause. The use of bowel protocols to proactively address constipation, diarrhea, and inappropriate testing for hospital-onset C difficile infection, thereby improving enteral nutrition, remains unclear.

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