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Identifies 3 indications of NG tube placement
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Feeding, drug administration, nasogastric aspiration, drainage
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Identifies 3 complications of NG tube placement
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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.
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Identifies 3 contraindications for NG tube placement
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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.
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Identify 3 indications for bladder catheterization
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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.
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Identify 3 contraindications to bladder catheterization
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blood at the meatus, trauma, stricture
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Identify 3 complications of bladder catheterization
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UTI, urinary structural trauma, urethral dilation
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