This element is never put through the blue pig-tail of the NG tube
What is water.
The preferred method of meeting a person's nutritional needs.
What is enteral feeding.
Large bore tube with a blue pigtail used mainly for removing stomach contents and to decompress the stomach.
What is an NG tube
The major safety problem associated with any type of tube feeding.
What is aspiration or gastric reflux.
The preferred method to verify the location of a nasogastric tube.
What is chest x ray.
A less-desirable tube feeding schedule because it causes increased gastric distention leading to reflux.
What is bolus or intermittent feeding.
This tube is inserted with a guidewire and used for tube feedings
What is a dobhoff tube?
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
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.
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.