Assignment task: Nasogastric Tube
1. Describe three (3) techniques for checking tube placement.
2. Identify and describe the action of suction equipment; continuous versus intermittent.
3. Distinguish nursing measures to promote comfort and maintain tube patency.
4. Verbalize information to be included when documenting this procedure.
5. State interventions for the following situations:
a. as tube is passing through pharynx, client begins to retch and gag
b. as tube is passing through pharynx, client begins to cough, becomes cyanotic, and shows signs of respiratory distress
c. no gastric contents can be aspirated