The nurse needs to insert a small-bore nasointestinal feeding tube. Choose suitable reference points for measuring accurate feeding tube length and place in the correct order
1. Earlobe
2. Umbilicus
3. Add 12 cm
4. Add 20 cm
5. Tip of the nose
6. Xiphoid process
5, 1, 6, 4
To measure the length of an intestinal feeding tube accurately, the nurse measures from the tip of the nose, to the earlobe, to the xiphoid process, and adds 20 cm. The added length is necessary to allow tube migration past the pyloric sphincter into the duodenum.
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