You begin your career in an acute care hospital as a newly licensed RN. During your orientation, you observe your preceptor checking gastric feeding tube placement by injecting air and auscultating the abdomen, stopping continuous enteral tube feedings before a patient is turned or repositioned, and routinely inserting rectal tubes for patients with diarrhea. You know that ALL three (3) of these practices are currently NOT supported by nursing evidence. When asked, your preceptor responds, "This is the way we have always cared for patients with tube feedings and diarrhea." You prepare to talk to this peer about necessary in nursing practice.

Choose one practice described in this scenario.

Describe how you will address this gap in nursing practice with your preceptor. Include when and where you would communicate this info.

Consider any additional information you might provide to your preceptor to support changing nursing practice.