You are teaching a student nurse how to put down a nasogastric tube. In what type of patient would you teach the student nurse to be especially careful about verifying placement of the tube?

Question

A) Patients with good gag reflexes
B) Patients with confused mental states
C) Patients who are calm during insertion
D) Patients with good cough reflexes

Answer 1

Ans: B

Feedback: Inappropriate placement may occur in patients with decreased levels of consciousness, confused mental states, poor or absent cough and gag reflexes, or agitation during insertion.