Assessment of Nurses Knowledge and Performance Regarding Feeding Patients with Nasogastric Tube in Ismailia General Hospital

Background: Enteral tube feeding is the most common form of artificial feeding in hospitalized patients.Aim: The present study was aimed to assess nurses performance regarding feeding patients with nasogastric tube in Ismailia General Hospital.Subjects and Methods: A descriptive design was used in this study. Subjects were composed of all available nurses that providing direct care to patients at Ismailia General Hospital, the study included 45 nurses.Tools: Two tools were used for collecting data, namely a self-administered questionnaire and an observation checklist.Results: The findings of the study indicated that nearly three-quarters of the studied nurses 71.1% had a satisfactory total level of knowledge regarding feeding administering and 62.2% of studied nurses had the unsatisfactory level of practice regarding feeding administering. Also, the most common factors which affect nurses practice were the shortage of nursing staff; worry to be infected.Conclusion: The majority of studied nurses had satisfactory total knowledge regarding patients with nasogastric tube feeding; while the studied nurses had unsatisfactory practice regarding patients with nasogastric tube feeding.