A 4-year-old child is admitted to the critical care unit with fever, chills, headache, vomiting, lethargy, photophobia, and nuchal rigidity. The patient has been unable to eat, and tube feedings are to be initiated
The preferred method for determining the insertion length of the nasogastric tube is to measure from the a. naris to ear to xiphoid process.
b. ear to the umbilicus.
c. naris to the xiphoid to ear.
d. naris to ear to a point between the xiphoid process and the umbilicus.
D
Determining the insertion length of a nasogastric tube in the child is from naris to ear to xiphoid process and then measuring to a point between the xiphoid and the umbilicus.
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