NG Tube Insertion | Nurse Skill Demo

Practice measuring, inserting and checking placement of an nasogastric (NG) tube in this step-by-step video tutorial for nursing students and nurses.
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[@fierylorebeth]

Down the umbilicus is very long. Most books just say up to the xiphoid process.

[@VLuee]

This 👍🏼

[@astrogal5487]

Always good to see Mike in the videos. He explains wonderfully.

[@nursingandnclexmastery]

Thanks for watching!

[@sachini6651]

Thank you very much...❤️❤️❤️

[@beavegan2787]

A cloth tape is my choice to secure the NG tube with the nose! This is only from my experience!

[@landyfrancois7766]

Thank you!, just subscribed

[@obaapacharity1708]

much appreciated

[@shimff6471]

Very informative

[@elizclark4912]

I was thought zyphoid process. Can pull the head forward to make it easier .

[@lisasheppard4961]

Please as how to evaluate the nares prior to insertion, with a sniff/blow test.

[@hadiyaibrahim3497]

Thanks

[@anonymous-td2wy]

Where’s the rest of the video I embarrassed myself at work because there more to it like a piece that closes the bottom part and how to connect it to the suction

[@mdarshad968]

Good

[@pejuangdolar3705]

thank you so much 🥰

[@nursingandnclexmastery]

Thanks for watching!

[@joselitosimon1106]

I thought the measurement should be until xipoid process not umbilical..

[@nursingandnclexmastery]

Always follow your facilities protocol, but the method of measuring from the nose, to the earlobe, to a point midway between the xiphoid process and the umbilicus presents the best evidence for correct placement.

[@budweezer9988]

Our instructor discussed this, as if you stop at the Xiphoid process without advancing slightly further, you risk not being in far enough. As you can see from the visual provided in the video, this makes sense.

[@user-py4tn7ei7j]

Reaching as far to the umbilical is too much, it should be just around the xiphoid process.

[@denisekim4875]

I would have wanted to see sterility of the procedure but otherwise good job

[@nursingandnclexmastery]

Insertion of a nasogastric tube is a clean procedure (not sterile), so the nurse must wash their hands and put on clean gloves before the procedure.

[@landyfrancois7766]

@@nursingandnclexmastery , in addition to it being a clean procedure, the nasal passage is not sterile. It's the person own germs, but it's not clean.

[@aadam722]

@@nursingandnclexmastery That tube is going sraight to the stomach very high risk of infection direct into your patient. Am sure it need a sterile procedure.

[@mikehill3728]

@@aadam722 and the stomach has a very low pH due to hydrochloric acid - it is not a sterile procedure