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Nasogastric Tube Insertion Procedure Questions
and Answers (100% Correct Answers)
General Preperations
Ans: Verify physician orders, hand hygiene, gather equipment, provide privacy, ID
pt, explain procedure, standard precautions, verbalize rationale for steps, ID
anatomical structures upon request, perform necessary assessments
1
Ans: Position pt in high fowlers (head of bed all the way up
2
Ans: Place towel across pt chest
3
Ans: Prepare tape to secure tubing
4
Ans: Establish stop signal
5
Ans: Assess the nares and select appropriate nostril
6
Ans: Choose correct size/type of NG tube (8-18fr, suction vs feeding)
7
Ans: Apply clean gloves
8
Ans: Measure tube nostril to earlobes, then to xyphoid process. Mark tubing with
tape
9
Ans: Lubricate tube 2-4 inches with water soluble lubricant
10
Ans: Instruct pt to hold head straight and upright
11
Ans: Insert tube along floor of nostril and toward ear
12
Ans: When the tube reaches the pharynx encourage pt to tuck their chin and swallow
each time you advance the tube
Nasogastric Tube Insertion Procedure Questions
and Answers (100% Correct Answers)
General Preperations
Ans: Verify physician orders, hand hygiene, gather equipment, provide privacy, ID
pt, explain procedure, standard precautions, verbalize rationale for steps, ID
anatomical structures upon request, perform necessary assessments
1
Ans: Position pt in high fowlers (head of bed all the way up
2
Ans: Place towel across pt chest
3
Ans: Prepare tape to secure tubing
4
Ans: Establish stop signal
5
Ans: Assess the nares and select appropriate nostril
6
Ans: Choose correct size/type of NG tube (8-18fr, suction vs feeding)
7
Ans: Apply clean gloves
8
Ans: Measure tube nostril to earlobes, then to xyphoid process. Mark tubing with
tape
9
Ans: Lubricate tube 2-4 inches with water soluble lubricant
10
Ans: Instruct pt to hold head straight and upright
11
Ans: Insert tube along floor of nostril and toward ear
12
Ans: When the tube reaches the pharynx encourage pt to tuck their chin and swallow
each time you advance the tube
