The nurse suspects the patients feeding tube has

The nurse suspects the patient’s feeding tube has migrated. Which of the following would
indicate the greatest risk related to tube migration?
A. Dyspnea and decreased oxygen saturation.
Correct
B. Pain and gastric aspirate hemoccult positive.
C. Absence of bowel sounds.
D. Inability to flush the feeding tube.

The skill of irrigating a feeding tube cannot be delegated to nursing assistive personnel (NAP).
Question 1: A nurse is assessing a patient before irrigating a nasogastric tube and initiating
enteral feeding. Which of the following, if noted, would be cause for concern? (Select all that
apply.)
Question 1: The nurse is irrigating a patient’s feeding tube and is unable to instill the fluid. What
is an appropriate nursing action?
The nurse understands that irrigating a feeding tube helps prevent it from becoming clogged and
clears the tubing of fluid. At what times is it appropriate to flush a feeding tube? (Select all that
apply.)
The nurse is going to irrigate a nasogastric feeding tube. The nurse would be correct to draw up
how much water into the ENFit syringe?
A. 30 mL.
Correct
A nursing instructor is reviewing the skill of irrigating a feeding tube with a group of nursing
students. Which statement(s), if made by the nursing student, is(are) accurate, indicating learning
has occurred? (Select all that apply.)