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For infants ( less than one year of age), the nurse should measure the distance from the bridge of the nose to the earlobe to a point halfway between the xiphoid process and the umbilicus. This measurement ensures that the tube is long enough to enter the stomach. However, for children older than one year, the NG tube measurement should be from the bridge of the nose to the earlobe to the xiphoid process.
Measuring the NG tube length from the bridge of the nose to the earlobe to the xiphoid process is indicated for children older than one year, not infants. Using this measurement for an infant less than a year old would mean that it will be too short of reaching the stomach and may end up in the esophagus.