Removal of the nasogastric or nasointestinal tube from inside the patient. Objective: To remove the tube when the patient no longer needs...

Set of activities performed by the nurse when faced with a patient with a gastroin- testinal tube. Objectives: – Maintain the...

Introduction of a flexible probe into the gastric cavity or small intestine through the nostrils for nutritional, therapeutic or...

To institute necessary dietary restrictions with subsequent dietary progression according to patient tolerance. Objective: To facilitate...

To provide nutritional intake to the patient who is unable to feed himself/herself pre-sitting self-care deficits in feeding. Objectives:...

Set of activities performed by the nurse to the patient carrying tracheostomy. Objectives: – Keep the airway (laryngeal stoma) permeable....

Introduction of a sterile tube through the patient’s tracheostomy cannula, connected to suction. Objectives: – Maintain patency of the...

Removal of secretions from the airways, when the patient is unable to expel them on his own, by introducing an aspiration catheter into...

Breathing movements using the diaphragm and abdominal muscles. Objectives: – Increase the patient’s respiratory capacity. – Reduce the...

Vibration maneuvers that increase the velocity and turbulence of air exhaled by the patient. Objective: – Help to mobilize and eliminate...

Percussion maneuvers that through gentle blows on the patient’s thorax, mechanically dislodges and displaces secretions adhering to the...

Patient mobilization, scheduled and planned according to the lung segment to be drained. Objectives: – Help mobilize and eliminate...