NRAD 201B
Week 12 - Nasogastric tubes, Enteral
feeding 1
Nursing Process: Energy,
Psychomotor
Nasogastric Tubes
Enteral Feeding
Administering Medications via
NGT and PEG
Rationale for Nasogastric Tubes - 1
• 1. Gastric Emptying (Decompression)
– Bowel obstruction
– GI Bleed
– After GI surger y
– Ileus (paralytic ileus)
• 2. Gastric Lavage – Washing out: In & Out
– Poisoning – NS in/out to remove poison quickly
– Overdose – same
– Gastric bleeding – Iced NS can be used
Critical Elements: Correct solution & temperature,
Control rate/volume of introduction/return of fluid.
Rationale for Nasogastric Tubes - 2
3. Gastric Gavage – gavage goes in
– Pt. cannot eat/swallow safely but has a
functioning GI Tract
– Instillation of liquid food
– Through an NGT or tube into stomach or
jejunum
– Enteral feeding
