The nurse is speaking to a client who is preparing to have a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube inserted. How does the nurse correctly explain the tube's placement?

Ramanpreet Kaur Sidhu

ID: 137304

Question

The nurse is speaking to a client who is preparing to have a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube inserted. How does the nurse correctly explain the tube's placement? 
 
   Ramanpreet Kaur Sidhu   
 
 ID: 137304

Accepted Answer

"A stoma is created from the abdominal wall into the stomach, and a short feeding tube is surgically inserted endoscopically"

Answer

"The tube is inserted down the nasopharynx and into the duodenum"

Answer

"A stoma is created from the abdominal wall into the jejunum, and a short feeding tube is surgically inserted"

Answer

"A flexible plastic tube is inserted down the nasopharynx and into the stomach"

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