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Identifies 3 indications of NG tube placement
Feeding, drug administration, nasogastric aspiration, drainage
Identifies 3 complications of NG tube placement
Minor complications include nose bleeds, sinusitis, and a sore throat. Sometimes more significant complications occur including erosion of the nose where the tube is anchored, esophageal perforation, pulmonary aspiration, a collapsed lung, or intracranial placement of the tube.
Identifies 3 contraindications for NG tube placement
contraindicated (inadvisable) in patients with base of skull fractures, severe facial fractures especially to the nose and obstructed esophagus, esophageal varices, and/or obstructed airway.
Identify 3 indications for bladder catheterization
acute or chronic urinary retention - (which can damage the kidneys), orthopedic procedures that may limit a patient's movement, the need for accurate monitoring of input and output (such as in an ICU), benign prostatic hyperplasia, incontinence, and the effects of various surgical interventions involving the bladder and prostate.
Identify 3 contraindications to bladder catheterization
blood at the meatus, trauma, stricture
Identify 3 complications of bladder catheterization
UTI, urinary structural trauma, urethral dilation