A nurse is teaching parents how to care for a child's gastrostomy tube at home.What information should the nurse include?

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The skin around the tube insertion site should be cleaned with soap and water once or twice daily.Parents must be able to clean the site; the child is not taken to the clinic for this.Leakage around the tube should be reported to the physician.A gastrostomy tube is placed surgically.It is not removed for cleaning.

A Nurse Is Teaching Parents How to Care for a Child's