Difficulty: Medium
Average Score: 93%
Full-length
Passage / Scenario
The nurse checks for placement of a nasogastric (NG) tube before beginning a tube feeding for a client.Which of the following results would indicate to the nurse that the tube feeding can begin?
Correct answer
B
Rationale
Strategy: Determine how the answers relate to a tube feeding. (1) mucus may be from lungs (2) correct-stomach contents are acidic (3) not a safe way to check placement (4) not a reliable indication