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02 April 2024

Volume 33 | Issue 8

ISSN (Print): 0966-0461

ISSN (Online): 2052-2819

It's only a nasogastric tube, what could go wrong?

Welcome to the latest Nutrition Supplement. The updated National Nurses Nutrition Group (NNNG) Nasogastric Tube Guidance (2023) was launched at the BAPEN annual conference in November, where the authors presented the main changes. The guidance can be downloaded from the NNNG website and is free to members. Let's go over what we already know. The whoosh test or bubble test should NEVER be used to check position. We all know that one practitioner who listens for the whoosh ‘just to see’.

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