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You are transporting a resident of a nursing home to the hospital for a complaint of abdominal pain for 3 days. during your assessment, you note a tube protruding from the patient's nose, which is connected to a bag of milky-white fluid. this tube is known as

a.a nasogastric tube. b gastric tube. c j-tube. d tracheal tube.

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answer is: A nasogastric tube


A nasogastric (NG) tube is used for gastric intubation via the nasal passage, this is a common procedure that provides access to the stomach for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes.
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