![]() ![]() ![]() Request a child life specialist or nurse to prepare your child to help them understand and cope. ![]() We’ve often seen this resulting in further stress, less application of coping strategies, or lack of cooperation. Avoiding informing your child altogether can cause major distrust between you and your child or your child and the medical team. If your child is young or older with a history of anxiety, use honest and minimal language. It’s tough being a parent with an ill or injured child who needs a NG tube, but got this! Before the NG placement. So, what can you do as the parent or caregiver? Below are several tips to empower you, the parent or caregiver, with helping your child cope with getting a NG tube placed. Getting the tube placed under general anesthesia isn’t always an option. Your child either needs one for nutrition or for a procedure to diagnose or treat her condition. ![]()
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