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1. Feeding tube question!!

   pammydell replied to pammydell's topic in General Nursing

   failure to thrive is the reason he has the tube. the doctor has said that yes he needed the nurses for the NG but she did not prescribe them for the Gtube. She wants to know who is referring them because her patient's mom is not handing over the pape...

2. Feeding tube question!!

   pammydell replied to pammydell's topic in General Nursing

   sorry queen! it basically all has to do with night nursing. i know a ped patient who got the NG tube in september. His doctor wanted night nursing for him. when the claim was resubmitted for insraunce for the new year, the OLD letter was handed in. E...

3. Feeding tube question!!

   pammydell replied to pammydell's topic in General Nursing

   I wanted to add something I forgot!! Also, do you think it would be medically necessary to have a night nurse watch a pediatric patient every night in their home if their only condition was the G-tube? I see why it would be needed for the NG.. but no...

4. Feeding tube question!!

   pammydell posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hello everyone. If you know anything about feeding tubes, I'd like your opinion on this one! I am not a nurse at all so that is why I came for some advice! To me, switching from a NG tube to a G-tube is a completely different medical situation. If y...