New program aims to keep kids with feeding tubes out of the ER

Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients must be within the age range of 0 to 17 years. * Patients who have recently had an enteral feeding tube placed (G-tube, J-tube, GJ-tube, or NG-tube). * The patient must be hospitalized at the time of the study and scheduled for discharge within the study period (before discharge). * A legal guardian must be available to participate in the study, complete questionnaires, and engage in the educational sessions. * Both the pediatric patient and their caregiver must be willing to participate in the study, including completing surveys and receiving educational materials. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients who have had an enteral tube (G-tube, J-tube, GJ-tube, or NG-tube) for more than a short period (e.g., those who have had tubes in place for more than 3 months) may be excluded, as the study is focused on newly placed feeding tubes. * Patients aged 18 years or older are excluded from the study, as the project targets pediatric patients specifically. * If the caregiver (or the child, where applicable) has significant cognitive or language barriers that would prevent them from understanding the educational content or completing the surveys, they may be excluded. * Families who do not speak English may be excluded. * Patients with significant comorbidities or unstable clinical conditions that would make participation in the discharge education protocol impractical will be excluded. This includes, but is not limited to, patients with severe respiratory failure requiring nitric oxide therapy, hemodynamic instability requiring blood pressure medications (e.g., vasopressors), or other acute medical conditions requiring active intensive care. Patients who are stable and preparing for discharge, even after a prolonged NICU or PICU stay, will not be excluded. * Only legal guardian can enroll child. * Patients whose caregivers are unable or unwilling to adhere to study protocols (e.g., participating in follow-up assessments or completing questionnaires) may be excluded to ensure consistency and reliable data collection.