Aim
To ensure the safety of patients, in the Trust, who have nasogastric feeding tubes inserted and to
improve the post insertion care given by health care professionals.
Objectives
By the end of the training the learner will be able to identify:
The patients who are suitable/unsuitable for bedside nasogastric tube placement
The complications that can arise from misplaced nasogastric tubes and recognise those patients
who are at high risk of tube misplacement
The passage of the nasogastric feeding tube through the nasopharyngeal and gastrointestinal tracts
What procedures are used/banned to confirm position of nasogastric feeding tubes, and the
limitations of the used procedures
When the position of the nasogastric tube should be checked
How to analyse check X-rays accurately to detect correct tube placement
What a never event is and the relevance to nasogastric tube insertion