Attendance at a scheduled study session about NG feeding
which included training
about how to insert a feeding tube
was classed as ‘formal training’
observing feeding-tube
insertion in the clinical area prior
to attempting it was classed as ‘supervised training’.
From a total of 313 nurses
had received formal training
had received supervised training
Despite variations in the type of training received
considered that they had been adequately prepared to perform this skill
felt that training was necessary
The number of nurses who had received both formall and supervised training was
while of nurses had received no training at all.