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Nasogastric tube in hospital - doctors prescribe or nurses?
After colon surgery, paralytic ileus. Is it doctor who prescribes ng tube or can nurses insert tb without doctor writing it up?
Update:
UK hospitals that is.
Update 2:
Don't know why question says tb - should say 'ng' for nasogastric.
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- Dr FrankLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
Either a doctor or a practitioner nurse.
Source(s): GP for more years than I care to remember
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