Problem solving in enteral feeding presented by Maddison Breen, APD
A beginner’s guide
This is your practical guide to common enteral feeding challenges. Maddi Breen, APD presents a thorough range of assessment and intervention tips suitable for dietitians working in both inpatient and community care. The problems covered include diarrhoea, nausea and aspiration, as well as blocked tubes and discharging home.
Learn about:
- Why changing one variable at a time is a useful approach for non-urgent side effects
- How positive feeding reassurance helps to avoid the enteral feed becoming an ‘enemy’
- Which medications or household products you can use to help unblock a tube (and tip it is NOT soft drink!)
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Maddison Breen is a senior clinical dietitian currently working at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (RPAH). She has extensive experience working in the home enteral and home parenteral nutrition space. She has also worked across upper gastrointestinal surgery and oncology and general gastroenterology. Maddi has a passion for managing home enteral nutrition patients, particularly improving their quality of life. Maddi has extended scope of practice and is able to care for, manage and troubleshoot gastrostomy tubes. Maddi is the shared lead of the RPA Gastrostomy Training Program and is dedicated to teaching clinicians how to manage gastrostomy tubes to reduce emergency department presentations.