Reducing the risk of nasogastric tube misplacement: Nurse leader responsibility in implementing evidence-based

Cheri Erekson Hunt1, Carol Kemper, Rosemary Pauley

  • 1Cheri Erekson Hunt is a nurse consultant, retired pediatric nurse leader, and former senior vice president for Patient Care Services and CNO at Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Mo. Carol Kemper is the senior vice president performance excellence at Children's Mercy Kansas City in Kansas City, Mo. Rosemary Pauley is an NP in Pediatric Gastroenterology at Boys Town Research Hospital in Boys Town, Neb. Gina Rempel , a neurodevelopmental pediatrician specializing in enteral and oral feeding safety, is an associate professor in Pediatrics and Child Health and a director of nutrition support at Children's Hospital of Winnipeg in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Deahna Visscher is the mother of an infant, Grant, who passed away in 2008 from complications related to an improperly placed feeding tube, and she is a patient safety advocate. LaDonna Northington is an emeritus professor of nursing at the University of Mississippi School of Nursing in Jackson, Miss. Beth Lyman is a nurse consultant, a semiretired pediatric nutrition support nurse, and the former senior program coordinator for the Nutrition Support Team at Children's Mercy Kansas City in Kansas City, Mo. Sharon Y. Irving is an associate professor in the Department of Family & Community Health at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing in Philadelphia, Pa., and the clinical nurse scientist for the Critical Care Center of Evidence and Outcomes at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

Nursing Management
|September 29, 2023
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