I work on a unit where we do not get a lot of patients who have NG tubes and receiving feeding/medications through the NG tube. I have been a nurse for about 2 1/2 years. I remember working in the simulation lab during nursing school with NG tubes but because I rarely use this in current practice I have forgotten this skill. I have tried researching on my own but I just can't "picture giving feeding or medications through the NG tube" in my mind and I get confused.
I know how an NG tube is inserted and how to check for placement. I know that feedings are pumped through the kangaroo pump and attach it to the lumen of the NG tube. Now suppose you want to give medications (you would crush them and mix them with water and draw them up with a syringe correct) After stopping the feeding, do you leave the end of the feeding still in the NG tube or remove it and cap it so you can give the medications? Also how fast or slow should the medications go in? After giving medications your would then flush with water and then attach the feeding back?
Does anyone have videos or pictures demonstrating the above?
