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Thank you so much! I did ask her about the differences, but unfortunately, I don't think she knew all too much about them. She was able to tell me where each one was inserted, but as far as why you would use one vs. another -- "Oh, well, that is up to the doctor." It was very frustrating! You helped tons. I really appreciate it, as do my future patients. :)

I'm a brand new nurse, and I've just realized nursing school didn't do a great job of explaining all the types of feeding tubes to me. I'm in a critical care rotation program, where I visit all of the ICUs for a few weeks... and I felt so silly and naive when the RN I was following was naming off these different names! Could someone please explain the different types of feeding tubes? I understand the difference between an NG tube, a PEG tube, a J tube, etc. But she was talking about Dobhoff tubes, as well as ND, NJ, and GJ tubes. I feel pretty lost, and don't understand why you would use, for example, a Dobhoff instead of an NG tube, or a PEG tube instead of a J tube. And I don't even know what ND / NJ / GJ tubes are! Any help would be really, REALLY appreciated. ?