Muhammad W Darawad, Nedal Alfasfos, Ismael Zaki, Malek Alnajar, Sawsan Hammad, Osama A Samarkandi
Background: Critically ill patients are hypermetabolic and have increased energy requirements, making nutritional support a vital intervention. In the Intensive Care Units, enteral nutrition is based on opinions rather than evidence-based practices. Therefore, there is a need to identify the barriers to evidence based practice protocols for enteral feeding of patients in Jordanian ICUs. Aims: To explore Jordanian ICU nurses' perceived barriers for enteral nutrition that hinders them from utilizing the recommended EN guidelines...
2018: Open Nursing Journal