NG Tube Management (Nursing Skills)

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NG Tube Management (Nursing Skills)
In this video lesson, we will look at some of the things that you need to do when you are managing a patient that already has an NG tube or (nasogastric tube). Level up your nursing skills game with these helpful nursing tips. See video bookmarks below:

Bookmarks:
0:00 Intro
0:19 Measure tube length
0:58 Flush tube
1:52 Measure residuals
3:07 Return residuals
4:09 Clamp tube
4:20 Provide oral and nasal care

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[amyisarttt]

Thanks for the video!
If it is too fast for some viewers: hit the customize wheel on the top right hand corner > play back speed > and adjust it to your liking/preferred speed! 😊

[jeffreyo]

Hey, just something to keep in your head, from personal experience.
Had a patient who was on a continuous feed. Checked residual and it looked just like coffee grounds. This patient was very stable and had never had any issues like this so we were thinking “what the heck is going on here?” Suddenly we realized that the patient had just received a dose of ProStat protein liquid which is coffee colored, then it was mixed with the beige colored feed formula, and the result looked just like coffee grounds!

[pb-c]

It would be nice if you provided a rationale

[ingajadeh]

Our nurse told us not to pump air into the tube?

[User-ltiy]

Do you flush prior to aspiration of the content?

[sanafatima]

After feeding the patient shall the tube have water or air??

[pensivern]

Best position for vent so you don’t get back flow?

[steveperry]

We have an infant that has a tube in which we change weekly.We mostly use bottles, but sometimes have to finish in the ng to get all necessary feeds. Do we have to worry about milk in ng tube going bad if every feed isn't refreshing milk.

[yingmeipiao]

I though the confirmation for NG tube placement is CXR, not KUB

[zachplaytv]

can u please slow down your explanation.u are too fast.thank u

[abdulqayyumashraf]

Please anyone knows about her??? From which country is she?

[piricote]

Great vid, but she talks like she had 20 Red Bulls plus 3 cappuccinos