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Enteral Feeding
- Involving the Interdisciplinary Team
- Considering Enteral Feeding Route
- Enteral Nutrition Selection
- Choosing an Appropriate Enteral Feeding Regimen
- Enteral Nutrition Administration Time
- Reuse and Cleaning of Enteral Feeding Equipment
- Risks and Complications of Enteral Feeding
- Administering Medication
- Monitoring Enteral Nutrition
- Assessment of Tube Feeding Intolerance
- Troubleshooting for Enteral Nutrition
- Establishing Home Enteral Nutrition (HEN)
- Additional Resources
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Transition from Enteral to Oral Feeding
- Tube Weaning: Transition From Enteral to Oral Feeding
- Readiness for Oral Feeding
- Set Achievable Goals
- Establish a Positive and Responsive Feeding Relationship Between Child and Parent/Caregiver
- Normalization of Feeding and Eating Behaviours
- Use of Behavioural Technique to Increase Oral Intake, such as Hunger Provocation
- Preparing to Wean Enteral Tube Feeds
- Planned Permanent Removal of a Surgically Placed Feeding Tube
- Additional Resources
Management: Enteral Nutrition Therapy
Consideration of the cyclical nature of pediatric feeding care continues in the planning and implementation of interventions to address issues identified through eating, feeding and swallowing assessment, diagnosis and goal setting. Management of pediatric feeding disorder (PFD) includes interventions or actions required to achieve the therapy goals, and documentation. This is depicted in the Pediatric Feeding Care (see Figure 9).
This section of the guide includes management considerations related to:
- enteral feeding
- transition from tube to oral feeding
