Before administering a medication, the nurse should inject at least 15-30 mL purified or sterile water into the tube.
Providing a patient a medication or other form of treatment is known as dosing in medicine. It may also apply to the dosage, administration method, or frequency.
Drug absorption depends on the drug’s solubility and ability to permeate the intestinal mucosa. The distal end of the feeding tube can be in the stomach, duodenum, or jejunum. Many drugs must be administered into the stomach or duodenum so that they can be properly dissolved by gastric juices, bile, and pancreatic enzymes and can be fully absorbed through the intestines. Thus, drugs like warfarin (which is absorbed high up in the small bowel) and oral iron (which is dissolved in the stomach and absorbed in the duodenum) might not be properly absorbed if they are administered via a jejunostomy tube.
A minimum of 15 to 30 mL of purified or sterile water should be injected into the tube by the nurse before delivering any medications.
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