A patient is being ventilated and has been started on enteral feedings with a nasogastric small-bore feeding tube. What is the primary reason the nurse must frequently assess tube placement?
a. To assess for paralytic ileus
b. To maintain the patency of the feeding tube
c. To monitor for skin breakdown on the nose
d. To prevent aspiration of the feedings
D
Patients who are on a ventilator and who are receiving tube feedings are at a high risk for aspiration and ventilator-associated pneumonia. Assessment of tube placement will neither determine presence of paralytic ileus nor maintain patency. Assessment of tube placement is performed to minimize aspiration risk, not skin breakdown on the nose.
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