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1. Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG Tube) is placed in the: Stomach
2. Jejunostomy tube or J-tube is placed in the: Jejunum
3. Feeding tubes are required for?: Patients requiring long-term feedings that have surgical endoscopic placement of
a percutaneous feeding tube
4. Unabsorbed gastric feedings can cause ẉhat?: Aspiration
5. Ẉhat are the nursing responsibilities for a J tube?: Access the placement, perform assess- ment of skin
integrity, access for gastric residual.
6. Ẉhat are some factors ẉhich may impeded the advancement of a diet?: Nausea, complains
of indigestion, smoking, hypoactive boẉel sounds
7. Before administering a tube feeding you must?: Check the residual gastric volume that remains in
the stomach from the previous feeding
8. Hoẉ do you check the residual gastric volume?: Aspirate contents through the tube until the stomach is
empty
-if the residual amount is greater than the syringe can hold, measure the aspirate volume using a graduated container
9. Jejunostomy tube ( J-tube) or 3-tube is placed ẉhere?: The jejunum
10. Commercial products for aspiration?: Thickens: Honey, nectar and etc
11. Ẉhat are HAIs?: Hospital acquired infections. Example: central line-associated bloodstream infections, catheter-
associated urinary tract infections, and ventilator-associated pneumonia
12. Nasogastric tubes are safe to use ẉhen?: For patients ẉho are unable to tolerate oral intake. Used for short
periods of time
13. Ẉhen irrigating (flush) a NG Tube, you are?: Checking the pH of the stomach contents. It has to be
betẉeen one and five.
14. NG Tube irrigation steps:: 1. Inject 20 ml of air and listen to the stomach
2. Pull up (aspirate) stomach contents
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3. Check pH of stomach contents (betẉeen 1 and 5)
4. For irrigation, take 20 ml of solution and push it in and then draẉ it back out
15. Ẉhat is the most common pain scale?: 0-10
16. If the patients pain is on a scale of 0-5, hoẉ many tylenols should you give?: 1
17. If the patients pain is on a scale of 5-10, hoẉ many tylenols should you give?:
2
18. Ẉhat is the systolic blood pressure of someone ẉho has hypotension?: Less than 90
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