B. Tighe

Student Dietitians’ Experiences of Patient Death Whilst on Placement

J. Macdonald & B. Tighe · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2014

Background: Evidence suggests that health care students experience a degree of trauma after experiencing a patient death [1] and they keep their feelings and concerns about patient death to themselves [2]. Rivers, Perkins and Carson [3] suggest that students may be inadequately p...

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A Systematic Review of Non-continuous Versus Continuous Gastric Tube Feeding and Risk of Aspiration Pneumonia, Delayed Gastric Emptying and Diarrhoea in Adults

S. Dawe & B. Tighe · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2014

Background: Enteral tube feeding (ETF), either continuous or non-continuous may be used to meet nutritional needs but is associated with risks of aspiration pneumonia, delayed gastric emptying or diarrhoea. These can have serious consequences, particularly for patients who are cr...

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