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Professional Nursing II / PN2 |
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Question:
Should you take it all the way out and start again?
Answer:
no, withdraw until tip of tube is seen in back of mouth
Question:
What is the pH range of contents aspirated from the NG tube that would tell
us that the NG is placed correctly?
Answer:
less than or equal to 5.5
, Question:
What is intermittent suctioning of the NG tube off the wall suction?
Answer:
Stops and goes
Question:
Does intermittent suctioning go from suction to no suction?
Answer:
yes
Question:
If a client is NPO but has a really dry mouth, what nursing intervention can
provide relief to this patient while respecting the NPO order?
Answer:
Oral swab
Question:
What can happen during insertion that causes the tube to not be straight?
Answer:
it becomes coiled