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Use of Nasogastric Feeding Tubes for Children at Home: A Template for Caregiver Education
Author(s) -
Lyman Beth,
Rempel Gina,
Windsor Kerrin,
Guenter Peggi
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
nutrition in clinical practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.725
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1941-2452
pISSN - 0884-5336
DOI - 10.1177/0884533617735833
Subject(s) - medicine , parent education , enteral administration , nursing , health professionals , parenteral nutrition , health care , intensive care medicine , developmental psychology , psychology , economics , economic growth
There is a lack of knowledge on the part of caregivers who need to place nasogastric (NG) tubes in children for enteral nutrition therapy. This article provides the rationale, best practices, and a template for caregiver education. Canadian and Australian programs have excellent patient education materials. They have shared these step‐by‐step procedures for healthcare professionals to provide to caregivers to whom they are teaching placement and care of NG tubes.