This makes the two cases similar in that, it involves. Nutrition also focuses on how people can use. The nasogastric tube is about ’22 inches [55.9cm] in length’ (holmes 2004) and was inserted into his left nostril down through the pharynx, through the oesophagus and through the cardiac.
Even though i have cared for patients with nasogastric tube during my previous working experiences, i have never got a chance to care for a patient with peg feeding. Nasogastric tubes for the stomach help with feeding, decompression, and radiographic examination (ehrich & coakes, 2017). Nutrition is the study of nutrients in food, how the body uses them, and the relationship between diet, health, and disease.
Objective of the study was to assess the safety aspect of the caregiver’s enteral feeding technique when patient receivingl tube feeding.out of fourty samples 50% of the samples were fed by. Consequently, she refuses to eat and that is the reason why the doctor has ordered a nasogastric feeding tube for her. A nasogastric tube has many side holes and lead balls. The knowledge of caregivers regarding various aspect of nasogastric tube feeding were assessed by an interview schedule and an observational check list was used to assess.
The mother wanted to breastfeed, and although skin to skin contact was made, feeding could not be established. Peg tube is more appropriate than nasogastric tube for long term feeding as it avoids delays in feeding and discomfort associated with displacement (national collaborating centre for acute. He was therefore fed 5ml of sma prem 1 2×12 hourly via a nasogastric tube.