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Heart Health: Blood Pressure

High blood pressure is a condition in which the pressure of blood on the walls of our arteries is too high. Learn how to reduce your risk.

Sarah Sanchez, NDTR
spring produce

Spring Eats: Seasonal Produce & Recipes

Eating seasonally not only provides consumers with the healthiest and freshest produce, it supports local farmers and benefits the environment.

Sarah Sanchez, NDTR
La dieta DASH

The DASH Diet for Heart Health

With a focus on whole foods, low sodium, healthy fats, and lean protein, the DASH diet was developed to treat chronic disease.

Sarah Sanchez, NDTR

Emergency Preparedness: Tube Feeding

Now matter where you live, it is always important to prepare for a natural disaster. Learn how to maintain an emergency kit for survival and tube feeding.

Sarah Sanchez, NDTR
National Nutrition Month

March 2019: National Nutrition Month

National Nutrition Month is used to highlight the importance of leading a healthy lifestyle, including a balanced diet and consistent physical activity.

Sarah Sanchez, NDTR
Registered Dietitian Nutritionist

Finding Your Local Registered Dietitian Nutritionist

A Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN), also known as a Registered Dietitian (RD), is an expert in food and human nutrition.

Sarah Sanchez, NDTR
winter skin

Fight Dry Winter Skin with These Three Nutrition Tips

By Ellie Krieger Special to The Washington Post | Greensboro.com If you are suffering from seasonal scaliness, you’re not alone. Dry skin is a common side effect of winter. As temperatures plunge, so does the humidity in the air, creating an environment that essentially sucks the moisture out of our body’s protective outer layer, resulting… Continue reading Fight Dry Winter Skin with These Three Nutrition Tips

Aimee Sharp

Enteral Feeding Tubes: A Guide for Nurses, Part 3: Daily Care and Troubleshooting (with CE credit)

This free course has already taken place. Contact your local Shield HealthCare representative about scheduling this course as an in-service in your facility. To earn a 0.5 contact hour of continuing nursing education credit please schedule an in-service with Shield HealthCare, Enteral Feeding Tubes: A Guide for Nurses, Part 3: Daily Care and Troubleshooting. Enteral feeding tubes… Continue reading Enteral Feeding Tubes: A Guide for Nurses, Part 3: Daily Care and Troubleshooting (with CE credit)

Sarah Sanchez, NDTR
epinephrine shortage

Alert – Epinephrine Shortage

There’s a national supply shortage of epinephrine auto-injectors. If you’re having trouble finding epinephrine, take these steps so you’re prepared.

Brooke Phillips, CWCMS
Enteralite Infinity Pump Training

Pump Setup: Step-by-Step Training Videos

Watch videos showing how to use an Infinity feeding pump, Kangaroo Joey feeding pumps, how to use an enteral backpack, how to bolus feed and more.

Mary Kuehl, MS, RD
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