Tag: Healthcare responsibilities

According to the National Institutes of Health, over 1.2 million temporary nasogastric feeding tubes are inserted annually in the United States, highlighting the critical nature of enteral feeding. A key part of managing this process safely falls to nursing assistants (NAs), and one of the nursing assistant's responsibilities for tube feedings is diligent monitoring and reporting of patient status.

According to the National Center for Biotechnology Information, a comprehensive nutritional assessment is a detailed and systematic process often conducted by an interdisciplinary healthcare team. This means that while a single professional may lead the process, multiple team members play crucial roles in gathering the necessary data to determine who is responsible for completing the nutrition assessment, depending on the context and level of care required.