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# Nutrition and elimination

Nutrition screening, helping people eat, dysphagia, enteral feeding and urinary and bowel elimination.

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## Fundamental

- [**Bowel elimination: constipation, enemas and faecal impaction** Nurses check the bowel pattern every day, prevent constipation and give enemas as ordered, alert…](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/bowel-elimination-constipation-enemas-and-faecal-impaction/)
- [**Nutrition screening and helping patients eat** Nurses spot the risk of malnutrition early (weight, intake, swallowing) and help the patient eat…](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/nutrition-screening-and-helping-patients-eat/)
- [**Urinary elimination: retention, incontinence and bladder scanning** Nurses assess voiding, scan the bladder for a residual when retention is suspected, and manage…](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/urinary-elimination-retention-incontinence-and-bladder-scanning/)

## Safe practice

- [**Dysphagia and aspiration precautions** If the patient has trouble swallowing, sit them upright, use the ordered texture and stop…](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/dysphagia-and-aspiration-precautions/)

## Procedure

- [**Enteral feeding: checking the tube, feeding and care** Before using the tube, check its position, raise the head of the bed to 30–45°, flush with water…](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/enteral-feeding-checking-the-tube-feeding-and-care/)

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