A patient who requires long-term feeding has a surgical endoscopic placement of a feeding tube in the stomach. A nurse correctly identifies this as a

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A surgical endoscopic placement of a feeding tube in the stomach is a Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG) tube. A J-tube is a tube inserted through the abdominal wall directly into the jejunum, bypassing the stomach. A NG tube and NI tube are both inserted through the nose and into the stomach or intestines, respectively. However, a surgical endoscopic placement refers to a PEG tube.

A Patient Who Requires Long-Term Feeding Has a Surgical Endoscopic