Instructed patient when should you contact your caregiver?, The skin around the nephrostomy tube is red, swollen, itches, or has a rash, you have a fever, you have lower back or hip pain, There are changes in how your urine looks or smells, a large amount of urine is draining into the drainage bag over a short period of time.
Instructed patient when should you contact your caregiver: you have little or no urine draining from the nephrostomy tube, you have nausea and are vomiting, the black mark on your tube has moved or is longer than when it was put in ,you have questions or concerns about your condition or care.