Types of Tubes
Tube Feedings
Safety measures
Transabdominal Tube Care
Gastric Residual
100

This element is never put through the blue pig-tail of the NG tube

What is water.

100

The preferred method of meeting a person's nutritional needs.

What is enteral feeding.

100
Clean with saline the first week, then soap and water.
What is skin around the transabdominal tube.
100
The definition is: The amount of stomach contents left after sufficient time is allowed for emptying.
What is gastric residual.
200

Large bore tube with a blue pigtail used mainly for removing stomach contents and to decompress the stomach.

What is an NG tube 

200

The major safety problem associated with any type of tube feeding.

What is aspiration or gastric reflux.

200

The preferred method to verify the location of a nasogastric  tube.

What is chest x ray.

200
Hook up the syringe, pull back, measure, replace to stomach, flush with 30 mL of water.
What is procedure for measuring gastric residual.
300
A tube that goes through the nose into the stomach.
What is nasogastric tube.
300

A less-desirable tube feeding schedule because it causes increased gastric distention leading to reflux.

What is bolus or intermittent feeding.

300
A safety measure to prevent accidental puncture of the esophagus when using a nasointestinal tube.
What is never replace the stylet into the tube.
300
Rotate this 90 degrees every 24 hours.
What is bumper on the g-tube.
300
How much residual is too much?
What is 250 mL or whatever agency policy states.
400

This tube is inserted with a guidewire and used for tube feedings 

What is a dobhoff tube?

400

Two assessments that must be performed prior to giving a patient a tube feeding.

What is tube placement, checking the numbers on the tube, correct formula 

400
A nursing action to prevent gastric reflux and subsequent aspiration.
What is elevate the HOB 30 degrees or more at all times.
400
To prevent internal pressure on the stomach wall you should never do this.
What is place a drain sponge between the bumper and the skin.
400
What should the nurse do with the aspirated fluid?
What is refeed if <250 mL.
500

A tube that is inserted through an incision in the abdominal wall. It has a balloon to hold it in place 

What is peg tube or gastrostomy.

500

Four assessments that must be made on every patient receiving a tube feeding.

What is weight, I & O, lung sounds, bowel sounds, temperature, condition of the mucosa, GI complaints, elimination patterns.

500
Nursing actions to prevent diarrhea and bacterial contamination of tube feeding.
What is change bag and tubing q 24 hours.
500
Assessment of the skin around the G-tube should include this.
What is redness or tissue damage.
500
What should the nurse do if > 250 mL is aspirated?
What is Hold the feeding for 1 hour; reassess residual at that time.
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