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  1. Why are we not auscultating the lungs for NG tube placement?

    NRnurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have a question: most of us would agree that auscultating the stomach area for NG tube placement verification (the "whoosh test") is not reliable enough and we need to do either CXR or litmus paper test. BUT, when we used to routinely do it, and fo...