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- Title
A multidisciplinary approach to providing blended diet within the acute setting.
- Authors
Bremner, Sarah; Brooks, Michelle
- Abstract
Background: Due to advances in medical care, including nutrition and hydration, children with neurological impairment are surviving longer. Many of these children are fed using a commercial formula via an enteral feeding tube. However, families are now becoming more interested in administering blended diet via their child's gastrostomy in a bid to reduce often significant gastrointestinal symptoms including reflux, constipation, gagging and retching post fundoplication. Aims: To describe the process undertaken by the authors' short-life working group to create safe, robust pathways to enable children to have access to blended diet while in the acute hospital setting. Methods: A multidisciplinary team short-life working group was established, which consisted of representatives from nursing, dietetics and catering. Following this a scoping exercise was undertaken to assess what practices were carried out in other health boards, prior to the creation of documentation. Conclusion: In conjunction with senior management and the Central Legal Office, the authors' short life working group has created safe, robust documentation and pathways to enable children in a large tertiary paediatric centre to access blended diet while in the acute setting. Due to the recent COVID-19 pandemic the pilot study to trial these documents within the neurology ward was delayed, however this work is ongoing. Furthermore, the authors will be looking to train nursing staff within ward areas to administer blended diet within the ward setting.
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; OCCUPATIONAL roles; FOOD habits; ARTIFICIAL feeding; NEUROLOGICAL disorders; CHILD nutrition; CHILDREN'S hospitals; LIFE expectancy; DIET; NUTRITIONAL requirements; TERTIARY care; FEEDING tubes; DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL protocols; NATIONAL health services; HEALTH care teams; HOSPITAL nursing staff; HOSPITAL food service; FOOD handling; HOSPITAL care of children; PATIENT safety; DIETETICS; FOOD service; NUTRITION policy
- Publication
British Journal of Nursing, 2022, Vol 31, Issue 13, pS16
- ISSN
0966-0461
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.12968/bjon.2022.31.13.S16