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Pediatric Nasogastric Tubes in the Home: Recommendations for Practice.
Home Healthc Now
October 2018
LaDonna Northington, DNS, RN, BC, is a Member, NOVEL Research Team, and an Assistant Dean, Undergraduate Programs, University of Mississippi School of Nursing, Jackson, Mississippi. Beth Lyman, MSN, RN, CNSC, is the Chair, NOVEL Research Team, and Co-Director of the Nutrition Support Team, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri. Candice Moore, BSN, CPN, is a Member, NOVEL Research Team, and an Ambulatory Gastrointestinal and Liver transplant Nurse, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio. Peggi Guenter, PhD, RN, FAAN, FASPEN, is a Member, NOVEL Research Team, and Senior Director of Clinical Practice, Quality, and Advocacy, American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN), Silver Spring, Maryland.
One of the dilemmas facing home healthcare nurses is the placement of a nasogastric tube (NGT) in the home setting coupled with being assured and confident that the NGT tip is in the correct position, that is, the stomach. There are very limited data to address the issue of management of an NGT in the home care setting with even less guidance for the pediatric population. Therefore, home healthcare nurses must use agency policy and procedures coupled with their own education, knowledge, experience, and skills when performing this procedure.
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