The importance of NG tube feeding to ensure nutrition in the treatment of Covid-19

Ensuring patients with Covid-19 receive good nutritional care is paramount to a good outcome and our friends at Nursing Times offer some keen insight. This article highlights what nutrition support is available and how nurses can ensure patients receive the best nutritional care possible. Patients who cannot meet their nutritional needs orally may need enteral tube feeding, usually through a nasogastric tube, which must be inserted by a competent professional. Mouth care is also important to ensure patient comfort and wellbeing.