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The Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy Tube: A Nurse’S Guide To Peg Tubes, Shellie Simons, Ruth Remington May 2013

The Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy Tube: A Nurse’S Guide To Peg Tubes, Shellie Simons, Ruth Remington

Ruth Remington

Nurses are primarily responsible for the care and maintenance of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tubes and yet their care is not often included in nursing skills textbooks. Best practice recommendations to care for a person with a PEG tube are described.