Helping Children Cope with the Intensive Care Unit
Simone L. Hughes, RN, illustrations by Dee Snyder
University of Iowa Children's Hospital
First Published: 1994
Last Revised: 1994
Peer Review Status: Internally Peer Reviewed
Sometimes the tubes in the nose are uncomfortable, but they are necessary.
Do you remember what these tubes are for? One of these tubes gives the
patient food and water through the intestines. The other tube takes food
and fluid out of the stomach.
