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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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  • 1 decade ago
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    Either a doctor or a practitioner nurse.

    Source(s): GP for more years than I care to remember
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