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Tube Feeding: How to Unclog Your Feeding Tube Video

Watch Shield HealthCare Registered Dietitian’s How to Unclog Your Feeding Tube video with step-by-step instructions on how to unclog your feeding tube.

Amy Long Carrera, MS, RD, CNSC, CWCMS

Tube Feeding: How to Unclog Your Feeding Tube

If you notice resistance when you try to take water or formula through your feeding tube, the tube may be clogged. Learn how to help remove the clog.

Amy Long Carrera, MS, RD, CNSC, CWCMS
Prevent Pressure Injuries

Move Every Two: Repositioning Patients to Prevent Pressure Injuries

While some pressure injuries are unavoidable, most can be prevented. An effective way to prevent these injuries is by moving the patient frequently.

John Maynard
Nutrients for Wound Healing

Top 5 Nutrients for Wound Healing

If you have a pressure injury, nutrition becomes especially important. Make sure you are consuming the top 5 nutrients for wound healing.

Amy Long Carrera, MS, RD, CNSC, CWCMS
Boost Seniors Calorie Intake

Seniors: Tips to Boost Your Calorie Intake

You or your senior may need to increase your calorie and protein intake if you have lost weight or are having trouble gaining weight.

Amy Long Carrera, MS, RD, CNSC, CWCMS
Diet and Incontinence

How Diet Affects Bladder Control

Although there is no special diet to cure incontinence, some foods and beverages may contribute to bladder leakage. Learn more about diet and incontinence.

Amy Long Carrera, MS, RD, CNSC, CWCMS
How to Gravity Feed

Tube Feeding: How to Gravity Feed Video

In this video, Amy Long Carerra, MS, RD, goes through the steps of how to gravity feed, and gives tips to make the process go smoothly.

Amy Long Carrera, MS, RD, CNSC, CWCMS
Gravity Feed

Tube Feeding: How to Gravity Feed

Gravity feeding is a way to deliver formula through your feeding tube. With this feeding method, formula flows out of a bag and into your tube by gravity. This method is slower than feeding with a syringe and uses a roller clamp on the bag’s tubing to control the rate. Most people who gravity feed take a… Continue reading Tube Feeding: How to Gravity Feed

Amy Long Carrera, MS, RD, CNSC, CWCMS
How To Bolus Feed

Tube Feeding: How to Bolus/Syringe Feed Video

In this video, watch Shield HealthCare's Registered Dietitian's show viewers how to bolus feed , also known as syringe feeding.

Amy Long Carrera, MS, RD, CNSC, CWCMS
How to bolus feed / Cómo alimentar en bolo

Tube Feeding: How to Bolus Feed/Syringe Feed

Bolus feeding is a type of feeding method using a syringe to deliver formula through your feeding tube. It may also be called syringe or gravity feeding.

Amy Long Carrera, MS, RD, CNSC, CWCMS
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